On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released a Field Assistance Bulletin addressing the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to use of artificial intelligence and other automated...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A pending bill in New Jersey’s legislature would significantly lower the standard for establishing harassment claims and require employers to implement anti-harassment training and policies and report...more
3/12/2024
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Labor Reform ,
New Jersey ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
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
8/10/2023
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Equal Pay ,
Labor Reform ,
New Jersey ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Retaliation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour
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
Seyfarth Synopsis: In what New York City has billed as the “first-of-its-kind minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers,” gig economy delivery workers will be entitled to almost 20 dollars per hour by April...more
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
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
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
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
Seyfarth Synopsis: As they have each year since 2016, the minimum wage and exempt salary threshold will increase for certain New York employers effective December 31, 2021....more
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
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
Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut Joins Its Tristate Neighbors by Becoming the Eighth State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law will...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court recently clarified the standard an employer must meet to successfully assert a good faith defense to wage and hour claims....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 31, Governor Cuomo signed the Healthy Terminals Act, which among other things, grants local governments the authority to set prevailing wages and overtime rates for covered airport workers. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The minimum wage will increase for New Jersey employers effective January 1, 2021. It is also that time of year when we remind our clients with operations in New Jersey of their obligation to distribute...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As they have each year since 2016, the minimum wage and exempt salary threshold will increase for New York employers effective December 31, 2020. ...more
Effective November 11, 2020, New York amended its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“NY WARN Act”) by expanding the government entities that must receive notice of a NY WARN Act triggering event, such as a...more
11/20/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
Notice Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
WARN Act
Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order 192 which (1) requires all employers to take precise precautions to protect their workforces during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) creates a streamlined reporting...more
11/3/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Masks ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Gatherings ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Department of Labor is officially phasing out the “tip credit” this year for a wide variety of workers outside the hospitality industry. The first phase of the elimination took effect on June...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development released the required notice pertaining to misclassification of employees, which must be conspicuously posted by New Jersey employers. The law went...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As part of Governor Cuomo’s New York Forward plan, New York State has issued guidance for “Phase Three” industries,” which include personal care services and indoor dining. The guidance gives these...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Murphy has signed multiple Executive Orders which will lessen the COVID-19 restrictions on non-essential construction projects and non-essential retail businesses, permit “car gatherings,” allow...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey extends its Family Leave Act, disability and paid family leave laws by offering leave to employees to care for a family member in the event of an epidemic of a communicable disease, or in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last year, as part of the New York State FY 2020 Budget, Section 3-110 of the New York State Election Law was amended to increase the amount of paid time off that employees could take to vote in any...more
4/14/2020
/ Amended Rules ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Elections ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Local Elections ,
Paid Leave ,
Posting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Elections ,
Voting Leave ,
Voting Rights