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Consent Orders Are Dead.

Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more

Held Captive No More: New York Enacts Legislation Prohibiting Mandatory Meetings Regarding Employers’ Political (But Really Union)...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation that, effective immediately, prohibits employers from disciplining employees who refuse to participate in meetings concerning...more

“Ambush” or “Quickie” Elections Are Back in Full: NLRB Issues Union-Friendly Elections Regulation

Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 24, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Final Rule dramatically altering union election processes. The Final Rule overturns many Trump-era regulations, thereby perpetuating an...more

New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights: Regulations Issued

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued its proposed regulations for New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights. The proposed regulations provide some clarity on several...more

NJ Employers Receive Some – Albeit Incomplete – Guidance Regarding Unemployment Insurance Reporting Obligations

Seyfarth Synopsis: While the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Law amendments take effect July 31, 2023, New Jersey employers are still waiting for the state to publish new submission documents and instructions. The state...more

NJ Employers Soon Face Additional Unemployment Reporting Obligations and Heightened Penalties

Seyfarth Synopsis: Beginning July 31, 2023, New Jersey employers will face additional unemployment insurance reporting obligations and significantly increased penalties for noncompliance with new amendments to the...more

Act I: Parts of New Jersey Temporary Worker Bill of Rights Go Into Effect

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey enacted first-of-its-kind legislation imposing onerous requirements on temporary help service firms in the Garden State. Effective May 7, 2023, the notice and retaliation provisions of the New...more

New Jersey Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Striking Workers

Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 24, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, signed A4772/S3215, which addresses unemployment insurance (“UI”) benefits for workers during labor disputes, including strikes....more

Months-Long Saga Ends as NJ Governor Murphy Signs First-of-its-Kind Temporary Worker Bill Into Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill coined the “Temp Worker Bill of Rights” into law. The Law gives temporary workers the right to certain information in their native language, including where they will...more

On April 10, 2023, The Long-Delayed (and Seriously Impactful) Amendments to NJ WARN Take Effect - This is What That Means

Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 10, 2023, NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a change in the effective date of the January 21, 2020 Amendments to New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act"...more

New Jersey Labor & Employment Legislative Update

Seyfarth Synopsis: The final day of the 2020-2021 New Jersey legislative session was January 11, 2022, which meant that by the end of business on January 18, 2022, Governor Murphy was required to sign, veto, comment on, or...more

Two Years Later: New Jersey’s Governor Extends “Emergency” Powers Again, Further Delaying Effective Date of Extreme NJ WARN...

As many New Jersey employers know, New Jersey’s “Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act” (“NJ WARN”) was amended twice in 2020. The original January 21, 2020 amendments (“January 2020 Amendments”)...more

New Jersey Minimum Wage Set to Increase - and Don’t Forget About CEPA and Gender Equity Notices (UPDATED)

Seyfarth Synopsis: The minimum wage will increase for New Jersey employers effective January 1, 2022.  It is also that time of year when we remind our clients with operations in New Jersey of their obligation to distribute...more

NJ Continues Its Aggressive Crackdown on Independent Contractor Misclassification

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a legislative package into law on July 8, 2021 that increases enforcement mechanisms for state agencies to impose a variety of penalties against employers who...more

SECOND UPDATE: Uncertainty Remains About Effective Date Of January 21, 2020 NJ WARN Amendments

UPDATED Seyfarth Synopsis: This legal update has been modified to incorporate information learned through recent direct communications with the Governor of New Jersey’s Office concerning the anticipated end date of Executive...more

No Adverse Action? No Problem: NJ Supreme Court Eases Pleading Burden for Disability Claims under LAD

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a plaintiff need not plead an adverse employment action such as a termination or demotion to establish a prima facie case of failure to accommodate a disability under...more

The End Is Near – The New Jersey Legislature and Governor Murphy Extend Most Executive Orders to July 4, 2021 and Others to...

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey enacted a new law on June 4, 2021 that will lift (effective on July 4) most executive orders signed by Governor Murphy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the law has been advanced as...more

UPDATE: NJ Employers Must Prepare for the January 21, 2020 Amendments to the NJ WARN Act To Become Effective October 2, 2021 (Or...

UPDATED Seyfarth Synopsis: This legal update has been modified to incorporate developments from June 4, 2021. New Jersey’s WARN Act (“NJ WARN”) was amended twice in 2020. The January 21, 2020 amendments (“Jan. 2020...more

The Never Ending Story – More COVID-19 Guidance for New York: Adoption of an Emergency Regulation for Face Coverings and Proposed...

Seyfarth Synopsis: With no fanfare or effective means of publication, New York adopted an emergency regulation, effective May 26, 2021, implementing the latest CDC guidance on face coverings, with certain key exceptions....more

NJ Employers Must Prepare for the January 21, 2020 Amendments to the NJ WARN Act To Become Effective Post-Pandemic

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey’s WARN Act (“NJ WARN”) was amended twice in 2020. The January 21, 2020 amendments (“Jan. 2020 Amendments”) were put on hold for the duration of New Jersey’s Public Health Emergency. The...more

“It’s Totally Random, Dude” – New Jersey Reveals Reduced, But Multi-Pronged Masking, Distancing, and Other COVID Guidelines

Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 24 and 26, 2021, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 242 and Executive Order 243 mapping out what can only be called the most confusing approach to science, masking, and other COVID-19...more

Tri-State Alert - Capacities Up, Masks Down, and Lots of Details to Be Worked Out in NY, NJ & CT

Seyfarth Synopsis: New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont have been actively reviewing and easing their state’s respective COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. ...more

New Jersey Permits Employers to Mandate Vaccination for Employees

Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 19, New Jersey released additional guidance for employers regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in support of mandatory vaccines, subject to religious and medical exemptions....more

Getting Back To Normal: New York Further Modifies Travel Quarantine Rules for Vaccinations, Amends Guidance on Certain Gatherings,...

Seyfarth Synopsis: New York has announced new travel quarantine and reopening rules. Domestic travelers are no longer subject to the Travel Advisory within 90 days of their full vaccination, certain gatherings can increase...more

New York State Slightly Modifies Quarantine Rules to Partially Align with CDC Recommendations

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 29, Governor Cuomo quietly announced modified rules to post-exposure quarantine.  Previously, New Yorkers were instructed to quarantine for 14 days if they were exposed to COVID-19.  ...more

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