Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court held that amendments to New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law and Wage Payment Law that increase employer wage-hour liability are not retroactive....more
5/31/2024
/ Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Reform ,
New Jersey ,
NJ Supreme Court ,
Retroactive Application ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Wages
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: Minnesota becomes the latest of a growing number of states to enact CROWN Act legislation, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of hair textures and hairstyles. Its enactment expands Minnesota...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: New Jersey recently enacted a law permitting personal, nonmedical use of marijuana for individuals age 21 and over. Separate laws decriminalize marijuana and hashish possession and set out the penalties...more
UPDATE: On January 21, 2020, the Governor of New Jersey signed Senate Bill 3170 into law, pushing state law far past the corresponding federal requirements of the WARN Act. Governor Phil Murphy issued an omnibus press release...more
1/24/2020
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Severance Agreements ,
Severance Pay ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Monday, January 13, 2020, the New Jersey state legislature passed Senate Bill 3170 which, if signed by the Governor, would result in sweeping changes to what was once a mass layoff notification statute...more
1/20/2020
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Severance Agreements ,
Severance Pay ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey bill that aims to push gig-economy workers and other independent contractors into the definition of “employees” was briefly paused at the end of the prior legislative session, but is expected...more
1/16/2020
/ ABC Test ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Lame Duck Session ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misclassification ,
Pending Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey Has Joined California and New York as the Third State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law is...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights recently released guidance clarifying that existing anti-discrimination laws prohibit employers from taking adverse employment actions or applying a grooming policy...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 2, 2018, the New Jersey Appellate Division reversed an order granting summary judgment to Defendant Legal Cost Control, Inc., finding that New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) may apply to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: It is once again that time of year when we remind our clients with operations in New Jersey of their obligation to distribute certain required notices to their employees as well as an increase in the...more