As New Jersey enters a new era of legalized cannabis, employers face a whole new crop of questions about responding to employee cannabis use. The newly passed New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and...more
You may recall, in 2019, this blog post reported New Jersey’s Appellate Division joined courts that found an employee may be able to state a disability discrimination claim against an employer who takes an adverse employment...more
They say the only thing in life that is constant is change, and we certainly saw that in 2019. This was a big year for change in employment law as legislators, courts, and regulators, shaped the workplace to reflect societal...more
12/9/2019
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Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Jurisdiction ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Seating ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Wal-Mart
As of July 2, 2019, New Jersey has extended workplace protections to employees and healthcare practitioners engaging in activities authorized by New Jersey’s “Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act” (the “Act”),...more
7/9/2019
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Amended Legislation ,
Cannabis Act ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Risk Management ,
State Labor Laws
In the latest salvo in an evolving legal issue, a federal court in Arizona ruled against Walmart in a recent lawsuit for terminating an employee who possessed a valid medical marijuana card after a drug test of the worker...more
Ever since the use of properly prescribed medical marijuana became legal in New Jersey, Courts have grappled with reconciling state and federal laws protecting employees from disability discrimination, and employers’ rights...more
4/2/2019
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Compassionate Use Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
NJLAD ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Termination
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Law @ Work Employer Newsletter. For those of you who read the Law @ Work blog, you know that the blog offers an in-depth analysis of important legal developments. This Newsletter fills in...more
3/14/2019
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Salary ,
NPRM ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Settlement ,
Suitable Seats Lawsuits ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wal-Mart
Last week, Adam E. Gersh, Esquire, and Jeremy S. Cole, Esquire, co-presented a seminar addressing hot topics in in New Jersey employment law, highlighted by a discussion of New Jersey’s recently-passed Paid Sick Leave Law....more
10/30/2018
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Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Mental Health ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
State Labor Laws