css - JavaScript - Getting Value from switch

I've made a "switch" UI element using CSS that I really like. It's intended to be used for on/off scenarios. Basically, a fancy checkbox. My switch is defined in html like this:

html

  $('.switch > checkbox').on('change', function(e) {
    alert('here');
    var isChecked = // what goes here?
    if (isChecked) {

      alert('turned on');
    } else {
      alert('turned off');
    }
  });

My css for this component looks like this:

css

.switch {
  cursor:pointer;
  display:inline-block; 
  margin:1px 0;
  position:relative;
  vertical-align:middle
}


.switch input {
  filter:alpha(opacity=0);
  opacity:0;
  position:absolute;
}

.switch span {
  background-color:#c9c9c9; 
  border-radius:12px;
  border:1px solid #eee;    

  display:inline-block; 
  position:relative;
  height:24px;  
  width:52px;
  -webkit-transition:background-color .33s;
  transition:background-color .33s
}

.switch span:after {
  background-color:#fff;    

  border:1px solid #ddd;
  border-radius:20%;    
  bottom:1px;
  content:"";
  left:2px; 
  position:absolute;
  top:1px;
  width:24px;
  -webkit-box-shadow:1px 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
  box-shadow:1px 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.05);

  -webkit-transition:all .13s ease-out;
  transition:all .13s ease-out
}

.switch input:checked+span:after {
  left:26px;
  border:none;
  -webkit-box-shadow:-2px 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
  box-shadow:-2px 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.1)
}


.switch input:checked+span {
  background-color:#eee
}

.switch span{
  border-color:#818A91
}

.switch input:checked+span{

  background-color:#818A91
}

When a user flips the switch, the onchange event gets fired. That gives me access to the properties found here. However, I do not see how I can determine if the switch is on or off. In other words, how do I know if the checkbox is checked or not? I'm trying to keep the implementation generic and not reference IDs because a page will have multiple switches.

Thank you for any help you can provide.