We often hear caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). However, New Jersey enacted a law better described as caveat propola (let the retailer beware). On April 10, 2023, the long-awaited amendments to the Millville-Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (NJ WARN) went into effect. The amendments, in large part, were enacted to discourage retailers from closing locations in New Jersey without providing advance notice and rewarding employees for their service.
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New Jersey Passes Law to Increase Medical Expert Fee to Maximum of $1,000
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE EVALUATING PHYSICIAN FEE UNDER THE NEW JERSEY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT HAS INCREASED FROM $600 TO $1,000
New Jersey Issues New Proposed Regulations on the Temporary Workers Bill of Rights for Comment
On July 21, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development posted on its website proposed regulations to implement the New Jersey Temporary Workers Bill of Rights. Public comments on the proposal will be accepted until October 20, 2023.
New Jersey Law Further Expands Striking Workers’ Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits
On April 24, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation further expanding the circumstances under which striking workers can collect unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.
New Jersey Labor Department Says Temporary Worker Bill of Rights Applies Outside the State
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) recently clarified that temporary service firms in New Jersey must comply with the requirements of the state’s new Temporary Workers Bill of Rights (TWBR) law even when assigning temporary workers to a third-party client outside the state.
New Jersey Court Imposes Limits on State Law’s Near-Limitless Definition of Disability
New Jersey Appellate Division decision finds employee suspected of contracting COVID-19 failed to assert a perceived disability claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Decision shows New Jersey courts are willing to limit expansive definition of “disabled” under state law, but employers still need to be mindful
COVID-19: A Disability Under New Jersey’s Anti-Discrimination Law? Appellate Division Responds
THE NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION CONSIDERED WHETHER CONTRACTING COVID-19 IS SUFFICIENT FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO CLAIM THEY QUALIFY AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY UNDER THE NEW JERSEY LAW AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
Federal Court Holds That Employees Cannot File Private Lawsuits Against Their Employers Under New Jersey Cannabis Law
In a case of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey found the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“the Act”) does not create a private right of action for individuals who believe their rights have been violated under the
NJ Mental Health Provider’s Response to Negative Online Reviews Costs Practice $30,000 in OCR Penalty
Unhappy consumers, including patients, are free to express dissatisfaction with services they receive from providers on popular social media or online review platforms, such as Yelp and Google. At least in the healthcare industry, providers must be very careful when responding, if they respond at all.
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New Jersey DOL Takes Steps to Implement the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights
Executive Summary: As discussed in our previous Alert, in February 2023, New Jersey enacted the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” the most expansive law of its kind in the nation providing “temporary workers” with new rights and protections, including the right to receive pay equal to that of regular employees. This Alert discusses further steps taken by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) in implementing the law.
New Jersey Labor Department Publishes New Disclosure Form for Temporary Workers
n connection with New Jersey’s new Temporary Workers Bill of Rights law, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJ DOL) has published a new assignment disclosure form that temporary service firms must complete and provide to temporary workers upon placement beginning on May 7, 2022.
New Jersey Employers Face Imminent Changes to Unemployment Compensation Law, Including Mandatory Reporting, Appeals, and Penalties
On November 3, 2022, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a number of changes to New Jersey’s Unemployment Compensation Law (UCL) that will take effect on July 31, 2023.
New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights is First in the Nation to Require Equal Pay for Temporary Workers
On February 6, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights.”
New Jersey WARN Severance Pay Challenge Rejected
On April 6, 2023, a New Jersey federal court denied a request to invalidate the severance pay requirements of the amended New Jersey mini-WARN law, known officially as the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (NJWARN). Accordingly, the law’s new severance pay requirements will take effect on April
New Jersey Court Says Employee Discharged for Discipline Not Entitled to Payment for Accrued PTO
On February 22, 2023, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that a hospital employee discharged for disciplinary reasons was not entitled to payment of accrued paid time off (PTO) because the hospital had an express policy that PTO would not be paid out after a disciplinary discharge.