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The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) has issued the final regulations concerning the state's Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL). These regulations, along with 118 comments and responses, provide...more
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We're back! This brand new episode addresses the 10 developments you may have missed from this past summer of 2018, including employees secretly recording the workplace, new non-compete legislation, the unstoppable #MeToo...more
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