A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court makes this a good time for companies using independent contractors to review those arrangements. In East Bay Drywall v. Department of Labor & Workforce Development, the...more
While there is no specific COVID-19 standard that applies to employers and employees not covered by the recent emergency temporary standard (ETS) applicable specifically to employers with employees working in a healthcare...more
Now that cases of the coronavirus disease (dubbed “COVID-19” by the World Health Organization) have been diagnosed in several states, businesses are increasingly encountering a variety of employment-related issues. Here are...more
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy last week signed into law several bills aimed at combating the misclassification of workers as independent contractors rather than as employees. The new enactments expand the authority of the...more
New Jersey has significantly expanded employers’ obligations to provide job-protected leaves of absence to their employees, as well as the benefits available to employees while on leave. On February 19, 2019, New Jersey...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) has released its notice poster pursuant to the Earned Sick Leave Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11D-1 et seq. (the “Law”), that takes effect on October 29, 2018. This...more
As mentioned in our prior Alert concerning recent amendments to the state of New York’s laws prohibiting workplace sexual harassment, Mayor de Blasio has similarly followed suit by signing into law multiple bills collectively...more
New York State employers must adopt more stringent anti-sexual harassment policies and procedures under amendments to existing state laws embedded in the state budget signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on April 12,...more
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on August 27, 2015, issued a sweeping decision that overturned decades of precedent and created a new standard for determining when two (or more) entities are “joint employers” for...more
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