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New Jersey Enacts ‘Bill of Rights’ for Temporary Workers

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” providing temporary workers significant rights regarding their employment through temporary help service firms. Notice obligations...more

New Jersey’s Expanded Mini-WARN Law to Take Effect April 2023

After a two-year delay, the amendment to the New Jersey Millville-Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, the state’s mini-WARN law, will take effect on April 10, 2023. The Act, as amended, expands the coverage of...more

New Jersey: Vaccines Or Testing For Workers In Healthcare And High-Risk Congregate Settings

New Jersey is requiring employers in covered healthcare and high-risk congregate settings (“covered settings”) to establish a policy that: (1) mandates vaccinations or weekly testing for workers; (2) creates a system to track...more

New Jersey’s Proposed Amendments To Law Against Discrimination Sure To Impact Businesses And Litigation

The New Jersey Senate is considering a bill (Senate Proposal) that, if passed, will significantly affect business operations and employment litigation in the state for years. Under the bill, the New Jersey Law Against...more

New Jersey State, Local COVID-19 Executive Orders Pose Challenges For Businesses

New Jersey has implemented a number of measures in an effort to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, including extending the public health emergency, further restricting dining and bar operations, reducing capacity at...more

New Jersey Tightens Restrictions As COVID-19 Cases Increase

For at least the eighth time in the past nine months, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Jersey Governor has signed an Executive Order that limits the number of individuals permitted to attend indoor or outdoor...more

New Jersey Executive Order Limits Dining, Interstate Sports And Personal Care Services

In response to a recent COVID-19 surge which included 3,877 new cases, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued an Executive Order that impacts food and beverage establishments, scholastic and youth sports and personal care...more

Class Action Trends Report Fall 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter work lives in profound ways, employers are confronted with additional liability risks. The pandemic has created a wave of litigation that is unlikely to ebb until well after the...more

New Jersey Requires COVID-19 Workplace Protocols Effective November 5, 2020

Only four days after extending New Jersey’s public health emergency an additional 30 days, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 192 (EO 192), requiring businesses that operate during the continuing COVID-19 crisis to...more

New Jersey Department Of Labor Issues Final Regulations For COVID-19 Job Protection Law

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued final regulations related to the COVID-19 job protection act signed into law on March 20, 2020. The law generally protects employees from...more

New Jersey High Court Enforces Arbitration Agreement With Independent Contractors Under State Law

Companies in the transportation industry in New Jersey can enforce arbitration agreements with employees and independent contractors under the New Jersey Arbitration Act (NJAA), the New Jersey Supreme Court has held. Arafa v....more

New Jersey Enters Phase Two: Outdoor Dining, Non-Essential Retail To Reopen With Restrictions

Subject to certain restrictions, outdoor dining and non-essential retail shopping will be permitted in New Jersey beginning June 15, 2020, at 6:00 a.m., under Executive Order 150 (EO 150)...more

New Jersey Eases Restrictions On Construction, Non-Essential Retail

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order (EO) 142 to permit non-essential construction projects to resume and non-essential retail businesses to reopen for curbside pickup. Effective May 18, 2020,...more

New Jersey Executive Directive Requires Testing Protocols At Certain Healthcare Facilities

The New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) has issued an Executive Directive (ED) requiring all licensed long-term care facilities, assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, residential healthcare...more

New Jersey Extends State Of Emergency, Clarifies Limits On Recreational, Entertainment Activities

In his 37th Executive Order (EO) since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has extended the state of emergency an additional 30 days (to June 5, 2020), citing the 130,000 positive cases, 8,244...more

New Jersey Director Of Emergency Management Eases Restrictions On Certain Businesses

The New Jersey State Director of Emergency Management has issued an Order designating additional businesses as “essential retail” and permitting auto dealerships to provide test drives and pickups of vehicles as the state’s...more

New Jersey’s Post-COVID-19 ‘Road Back’ Plan Full Of Red Lights

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has released The Road Back: Restoring Economic Health Through Public Health, outlining six principles or milestones that will guide the state in deciding whether to ease the stay-at-home...more

New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Requiring ‘Title 26 Hospitals’ To Report Demographic Data On COVID-19

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill requiring hospitals licensed under New Jersey Statutes Title 26 to report demographic data on COVID-19 cases. To the extent they have not already done so, hospitals...more

New Jersey Amends Family Leave, Temporary Disability Laws To Expand COVID-19 Benefits

New Jersey has amended the Family Leave Act (NJFLA) and Temporary Disability Law (TDL) to expand the availability of job-protected leave and benefits for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The amendments largely...more

New Jersey Passes Bill To Amend NJ WARN, Create Mass Layoff Exception, Delay Severance, Notice Obligations

The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill to amend the Millville-Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (New Jersey WARN law) to create a notice exception for mass layoffs under specific circumstances and delay...more

New Jersey Governor To Be Authorized To Provide Distressed Small Businesses Emergency Rent Suspension

The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill that authorizes the Governor to provide distressed small businesses the ability to invoke an “emergency rent suspension” during the COVID-19 pandemic...more

New Jersey Suspends Non-Essential Construction Projects, Requires Continuing Businesses To Implement Policies

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order 122 (EO 122), suspending all non-essential construction projects effective April 10, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. EO 122 also requires businesses that continue to operate...more

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