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Employers who rely on artificial intelligence driven tools for their recruiting and hiring processes may face new regulations in New York and New Jersey. In the past few weeks, three bills have been proposed (two in New...more
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
New Jersey employers have long had a duty to issue Instructions For Claiming Unemployment Benefits, known as Form BC-10 (Source), to separated employees, but with several amendments to the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation...more
As previously reported, employers’ use of artificial intelligence to assist in employment decision-making is being subjected to ever-increasing regulatory scrutiny at all levels of government―local, state, and federal. In the...more
Workers’ compensation benefits in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are calculated using a statewide average weekly wage (SAWW) that is published by the Departments of Labor every year. The year of the worker’s injury will...more
Although COVID-19 may have caused last year to feel like a long extension of 2020, 2021 saw several significant changes to New Jersey’s employment law landscape that have nothing to do with face coverings or vaccinations. By...more
On July 8, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed four bills aimed at cracking down on employers who misclassify independent contractors as employees. In a press release, the Governor’s office lauded this legislative...more
I have often blogged about the very enforcement-oriented stance of the Murphy Administration and the New Jersey Department of Labor (“NJDOL”). Well, I have now even more evidence. On July 8, 2021, Governor Murphy signed three...more
New Jersey’s Governor has taken aim at employee misclassification by signing into law four Bills that anoint heightened administrative powers to the New Jersey Department of Labor (“DOL”), require additional reporting...more
In July 2019, the New Jersey Legislature amended and expanded the State’s wage-hour laws to give the enforcing agency the power to stop an errant contractor, especially those doing prevailing wage work, from actually doing...more
I do a great deal of prevailing wage defense on behalf of employers, both on a federal level (i.e. Davis-Bacon Act) and the State of New Jersey prevailing wage statute. It sometimes seems that trade unions are able to...more
The State of New Jersey has not taken a one size fits all approach in return to school plans for the 2020-2021 school year. The New Jersey Department of Education (“NJDOE”) has received approximately 800 different plans for...more
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
The State of New Jersey (and many other states) has started to tighten up laws regarding independent contractor status. One troubling component (to management-side practitioners and employers alike) of this New Jersey...more
This resource was prepared by Lowenstein Sandler for informational purposes only. It is not intended to give, and should not be relied upon for, legal advice in any particular circumstance or fact situation. Use of this...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
With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement yesterday (May 4, 2020) that the state’s primary and secondary schools will remain closed through the end of the current school year, employers and employees who are the...more