New Jersey employers should start preparing for the state’s “ban the box” bill, formally known as the “Opportunity to Compete Act,” which goes into effect on March 1, 2015. For our answers to frequently asked questions about...more
New Jersey’s Opportunity to Compete Act (also known informally as the New Jersey “ban the box” law), N.J.S.A. 34:6B-11 et seq., goes into effect on March 1, 2015. The new law restricts most employers’ ability to request...more
On August 11, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law “The Opportunity to Compete Act”—also referred to as the “ban the box” law—adding New Jersey to the growing list of states where employers are prohibited...more
Effective November 18, 2012, employers that have five or more employees, and do business or take applications for employment within the City of Newark, are generally prohibited from conducting criminal history inquiries on...more