Last year, New Jersey continued its expansion of workplace legislation with potentially far-reaching consequences for the state’s employers.
By way of highlight and summary, New Jersey’s 2023 employment-related measures...more
The past year saw many state legislatures and regulatory agencies resume their focus on non-COVID-19-related issues, and New Jersey was no different....more
1/5/2023
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On February 22, 2021, Governor Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law that formally legalize the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden state: (1) the “New Jersey Cannabis Regularly,...more
A bill to amend the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Loss Job Notification Act, also commonly referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), which the New Jersey Senate passed on December 16, 2019, if...more
1/6/2020
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On July 2, 2019, New Jersey joined Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York City, and Oklahoma in enacting employment protections for authorized users of medical cannabis. New Jersey’s new medical cannabis law (“Law”), which...more
7/11/2019
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The year 2014 saw a growing number of municipal laws in New Jersey mandating paid sick leave, with corresponding mandatory posting requirements for employers (see below). Accordingly, with the arrival of 2015, New Jersey...more
On August 11, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law statewide ban-the-box legislation, formally titled "The Opportunity to Compete Act" ("Act"). The Act becomes effective on March 1, 2015. Overall, the Act...more
On June 21, 2014, the Newark, New Jersey, paid sick leave ordinance ("Ordinance") took effect. The Ordinance, which we summarized in a previous Act Now Advisory, imposes notice and posting requirements on employers....more
On January 28, 2014, the City Council of Newark, New Jersey, passed Ordinance 13-2010 ("Ordinance"), making Newark the second city in New Jersey, after Jersey City, to mandate paid sick leave. The Ordinance requires private...more
On Inauguration Day, January 21, 2014, Governor Chris Christie signed into law an amendment ("Amendment") to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") that adds pregnancy as a protected classification. For purposes of...more