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04.25.2018
Confer With Counsel Early and Often In Visa Applications and Renewals
Employers and HR attempting to obtain work visas, renewals of those visas and related green cards for their employees are working harder than ever. While the controlling Federal Regulations have not changed, the Presidential Executive Order on Buy American and Hire American, issued on April 18, 2017, a has resulted in real consequences to employers […]
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04.25.2018
N.J. Governor Signs Sweeping Pay Equity Bill Requiring Employers to Justify Pay Differences Between “Substantially Similar” Jobs, or Face the Consequences
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 […]
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04.16.2018
NLRB Back to Republican Majority
On April 11, 2018, the United States Senate narrowly confirmed the appointment of John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board by a 50-48 party line vote. Mr. Ring is a management-side labor lawyer. The confirmation vote restores the 3-2 Republican majority on the NLRB. When Republican appointees last held a 3-2 majority toward the […]
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04.11.2018
Quitting For Lack of Childcare May Not Disqualify Unemployment Benefits
Employers, for various reasons may choose to contest the eligibility of a former employee for unemployment benefits. But beware, on March 29, 2018, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division clarified that employees who voluntarily quit because of reasons related to childcare may not actually be disqualified for unemployment benefits in Cottman v. Bd. of […]
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