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The ABC’S Of The EEOC’S Proposed Regulations On Pregnancy: Accommodations In The Workplace

Effective July 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires employers with 15 or more employees, to accommodate pregnancy and pregnancy-related complications in the workplace. ...more

New York Employers Facing Mass Layoffs And Closures Must Comply With New Requirements Under The New York Worker Adjustment and...

New York’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (the NY WARN Act) requires New York employers with 50 or more employees to provide 90 days advance notice to those employees impacted by a mass layoff or business closure. New...more

Practical Considerations On The Speak Out Act

On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Speak Out Act into law. The Act prohibits the enforceability of non-disparagement and non-disclosure provisions in agreements before a claim (informal or formal) of sexual...more

Combating Human Trafficking: New York Enacts Posting Requirements & Recognition Training for Hospitality & Transportation...

On July 20, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed eight pieces of legislation into law aimed to provide support and resources to victims of human trafficking. These laws impose new training requirements for...more

Beginning On April 10, 2023, New Jersey Employers Must Comply With Stricter Requirements On Mass-Layoffs And Business Closures

In 2020, New Jersey amended the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (referred to as the NJ WARN Act), which regulates employers implementing mass layoffs and business closures. Governor Phil Murphy...more

High Maintenance: The NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission Rolls Out Long-Awaited Guidance On Drug Testing, Discipline, & Cannabis In...

Employers, note that the Guidance from the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is only a temporary gap-fill. The Commission has yet to issue standards on the required certification process for those...more

Governor Hochul Expands The New York Paid Family Leave Act To Cover Siblings With A Serious Health Condition

This is the first blog in a series covering New York’s Recent Expansions Of Its Employment Laws. New York State’s Paid Family Leave Act is one of the most comprehensive paid family leave programs in the United States....more

New Jersey Supreme Court Provides Guidance On The Expansive Scope Of The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

On March 9, 2021, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its first published decision addressing the New Jersey Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), the amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination that protects...more

Requiring the COVID-19 Vaccination at Work: Issues for NJ Employers to Consider When Developing a COVID-19 Vaccination Program

We have seen recent articles speculating on whether employers can require their employees to take an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment or continued employment. Here, without giving any legal...more

Back to Business New Jersey: Essential FAQs for Return-to-Work Planning

Now is the time for employers to formulate action plans for returning employees to the workplace. We have developed the following FAQ’s to guide the development of your return to work plan....more

Key Employer Take-Aways from Long-Awaited Guidance on New Jersey's Equal Pay Act

On March 2, 2020, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued Guidance on the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (Equal Pay Act) – the New Jersey law requiring employers to offer equal pay to employees performing...more

Coronavirus (Covid-19) - Practical and Fast Facts for Employer Planning

As employers work on strategic plans for handling employment-related issues involving Covid-19, such as possible facility closings, tele-commuting, and employee leave/compensations issues, employers should keep in mind these...more

Proposed Amendments To The NJLAD Will Change The Management Of Harassment, Discrimination And Retaliation Claims In The Workplace

This month, New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued Findings and Recommendations on Preventing and Eliminating Sexual Harassment in New Jersey (the Recommendations). At about the same time, Governor Phil Murphy...more

New Jersey Employers – The NLRB Loosens Restrictions On Confidentiality Instructions For Investigations

On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store and Kathy Johnson, upholding an employer’s confidentiality instructions to employees involved in...more

The 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About New Jersey’s New Paid Sick Leave Law

Fall brings requests for time off for school conferences. Winter brings absences for colds and flu. The New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Law (the “Sick Leave Law”) provides paid sick leave to virtually every New Jersey employee to...more

“Pass the Trash” Compliance Update

Private employers (“Employers”) holding contracts with New Jersey school districts and charter schools are reminded that it is now time to comply with the extensive background check requirements under the New Jersey “Pass the...more

Regulations Require Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

On September 29, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule requiring federal contractors to provide employees with at least seven days of paid sick leave each year. This requirement applies to all new contracts....more

The New Jersey Department of Labor Issues Final Ban-the-Box Regulations

On December 7, 2015, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (the “NJDOL”) issued regulations clarifying the requirements of New Jersey’s Opportunity to Compete Act (the “Ban the Box Law”), which take...more

Employers Face Exposure Under Title VII When Contracting For Temporary Workers

On November 18, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit allowed an employee of a temporary staffing agency to proceed with employment discrimination claims against a company to which the staffing agency...more

Update On New York City’s Fair Chance Act And Notice Requirements For Criminal Background Checks

On July 2, 2015, we wrote about New York City’s newest law, the Fair Chance Act (“FCA”), and its prohibition on employers from conducting criminal background checks before extending conditional offers of employment. On...more

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