On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule updating and revising regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) implementing exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay...more
What You Need to Know-
•The NLRB’s General Counsel issued a memo asserting that non-competes in employment or severance agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act except in limited circumstances.
•While the...more
What You Should Know:
•New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) has been expanded to address age discrimination against employees
•New Jersey government or state employers no longer have the authority to enforce...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court has finally settled the issue of whether New Jersey employees must demonstrate the existence of an adverse employment action (i.e., transfer, suspension, failure to promote, termination, etc.) to...more
Amidst the FDA’s recent approval of at least two COVID-19 vaccines – and given the divergent views as to who will be able or willing to receive them in the coming months – employers are now considering whether and to what...more
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Today, May 5, 2020, New Jersey will start making its first payments under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program announced as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act on March 27....more
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law.
Title II of the Act encompasses "Assistance for American Workers, Families and Businesses" and is broken...more
On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed, and President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Bill (HR. 6201), which will become binding on April 2, 2020 and is set to expire on December 31, 2020....more