By Charles Toutant | April 24, 2024
"I'm a defense lawyer primarily, but at the end of the day, noncompete agreements were not meant to be a tool to prevent your midlevel workers from going from Company A to Company B," employment attorney Michael Elkins said.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Adam Busler and Lauren Wright | March 22, 2024
"The new rule sets forth a non-exhaustive six-factor test to determine whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor," write Adam Busler and Lauren Wright of Fox Rothschild.
By Colleen Murphy | January 9, 2024
"Equality in pay is not negotiable—it's mandatory," Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
By Maria Dinzeo | January 9, 2024
The year is shaping up to be frenetic for employment law as state and federal regulators look to build a "worker-centric" economy that prioritizes employees' rights to organize and change jobs freely.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Steven I. Adler | January 5, 2024
The Fearless Forecaster gives his annual predictions on what's likely to happen in employment and labor law in the new year.
By Chris O'Malley | January 2, 2024
Many of the new laws are state statutes, with provisions that differ from similar measures passed elsewhere. That reality will add to the compliance challenges for businesses with workers scattered across the country.
By Colleen Murphy | December 26, 2023
"We must ensure these workers are treated humanely and afforded the same respect as all workers are entitled to, especially given the essential and necessary care and support they provide to New Jersey families," bill sponsor Sen. Richard Codey said. "No one should be subject to the mistreatment that many domestic workers face on a daily basis, and this legislation will put the proper protections in place to prevent these abuses."
By Colleen Murphy | December 14, 2023
"I think what employers would really like from the Legislature is more certainty. Not making laws that, to figure out what it means, you have to go to litigation," David A. Rapuano, a partner with Archer & Greiner, said. "To me, and to my clients, it is bad policy to create laws that cannot be figured out unless a court [is involved]."
By Colleen Murphy | December 12, 2023
"When employers unlawfully and callously toss their workers into the 'independent contractor' category they are not only depriving them of a steady paycheck, they are also stripping them of earned sick leave, workers compensation, minimum wage, and more," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "These are national, profitable corporations with deep pockets who are padding their profits with illegal labor schemes, and they seem to have no plans to stop this kind of behavior."
By Colleen Murphy | November 21, 2023
"The latter three rules have sometimes been called 'exceptions' to the 'premises rule,'" Justice Douglas M. Fasciale said for the court. "We conclude, however, that those so-called 'exceptions' are better understood as distinct rules that define commencement and termination of employment in different scenarios."
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