Effective October 1, 2023, employees in the State of Maryland will soon become eligible to enjoy partially paid leave funded by contributions to an insurance pool made by both employees and their employers under the Maryland...more
Earlier this month, Maryland joined nine other states and the District of Columbia in establishing a right to paid family and medical leave for employees in the state. Senate Bill 275, or the Time to Care Act of 2022,...more
After passing through the legislature unanimously in a matter of days, on March 20, 2020, Governor Murphy signed a law providing additional employee protections related to COVID-19. ...more
On September 20, 2019, the Tenth Circuit held that cannabis industry employers are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Defendant contended that because the employer’s employment activities are in violation of the...more
On August 6, 2019, Acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed a bill (S-1790) imposing tougher penalties for "wage theft." The law significantly increases penalties for employers, including potential imprisonment for employers who...more
On July 25, 2019, New Jersey Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver signed a bill prohibiting employers from asking job applicants their previous salary history. ...more
On Tuesday, February 19, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 3975 which expands the reach of several leave laws in the Garden State. Although the majority of the changes pertain to the state’s...more
On Monday, February 4, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 over the next five years....more
In January 2018, the District Court for the District of Colorado rejected a cannabis company's argument that it was not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) because it was engaged in an industry "entirely forbidden"...more
On May 3, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an Executive Order establishing the Task Force on Employee Misclassification (the "Task Force"). New Jersey already applies the more onerous "ABC test" for...more
The changes in New Jersey following the election of Governor Phil Murphy continue. On May 2, 2018, Governor Murphy signed the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (the "Act"), making New Jersey the tenth state to guarantee...more
On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act that was passed by the legislature several weeks ago and is aimed at lessening the wage gap in the Garden State. The Equal Pay Act is...more
Employers have been buffeted over the last several years by significant changes in labor and employment laws at the federal, state and local levels, and 2015 was no exception. As the year draws to a close, here is a recap of...more
“Most workers are employees under the FLSA [federal wage and hour law],” the Department of Labor asserted last week in Guidance discussing what it described as the “problematic trend” of misclassifying workers as independent...more
Earlier this month, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a decision, which found that sending employees a memo that hours would be cut because one of the staff brought a wage-and-hour claim, could constitute an "adverse...more