(Click here for printable PDF) It was hard to miss the media coverage of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) raids which took place at multiple food processing plants in Mississippi last week.  The Associated Press reported that initially 680 undocumented workers were initially arrested, although a day later more than […]

(Click here for printable PDF) In the latest effort across the country to address the “glass ceiling” and pay inequity issues, New Jersey recently passed a new law to significantly limit salary information that can be obtained from job applicants before hiring them.  The law will go into effect on January 1, 2020, and all […]

(Click here for printable PDF) New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy earlier this week signed a sweeping law that will eventually increase New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 for most employers. One of the Governor’s signature campaign promises has now been fulfilled, making New Jersey the third most-populous State in the country […]

(Click here for printable PDF) On January 15, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that the New Jersey Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (“NJEPA”) only applies prospectively to conduct that is alleged to have occurred on or after its effective date – July 1, 2018. The State’s […]

In late October 2018, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) published Frequently Asked Questions and responses (collectively the “FAQs”) concerning New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”). The FAQs can be found here. And an overview of the Act and its impact on New Jersey employers can be found here. NJDOL’s FAQs concerning […]

(Click here for printable PDF) In October 2018, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) published the required notice (the “Notice”) that must be posted and distributed to all New Jersey employees under New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”).  Please see the following for an overview of the Act and its impact […]

(Click here for printable PDF) In one of the first cases to point to the ongoing revelations from the “Me-Too” Era, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that an employee could proceed to a jury trial on her sexual harassment claim despite her failure to report that harassment over a […]

(Click here for printable PDF)   On Wednesday the United States Supreme Court overturned a 41-year-old precedent which allowed unions to require unionized public sector employees who decline to become dues paying members of the union to instead pay “agency fees” in lieu of dues. . In Janus v. American Federation of State, County and […]

(Click here for printable PDF) New Jersey has now joined several other states in passing a paid sick leave law. The law preempts paid sick leave ordinances adopted by several cities and towns so there is now one uniform law in this area for New Jersey employers. Here is what you need to know about […]

On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act, a sweeping revision to New Jersey’s already broad Law Against Discrimination.  While few would argue against the important goal of ending wage discrimination, the new law, which becomes effective on July 1, 2018 and which applies […]