This article will focus on the changes the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 has ushered in for employers and for those who qualify for...
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New CDC COVID-19 Guidelines
On August 11, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated guidelines loosening its recommendations for quarantining...
New DOD Act Extends COBRA Subsidy
In the March 2009 edition of "Real Workplace Issues," we highlighted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Act"), which...
New Guidelines Clarify the FMLA
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has always been a challenge for employees to administer. Employers with 50 or more employees are covered by the...
New Hire Reports
Previously, employers hiring a new employee could simply report new hire information to the State by filing a Form W-4. Now, employers also must...
New I-9 Immigration Form
Under federal law, all employers who hire individuals to work within the U.S. must complete an I-9 for each employee within the first three days of...
New Jersey Adopts Federal “Rounding” Rules
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations recognize that "in some industries, particularly where time clocks are used, there has been...
New Jersey and Westchester County Enact Paid Sick Leave Laws
Paid sick leave laws seem to be spreading, and gaining in popularity. Earlier this year New Jersey became the tenth state to enact a paid sick leave...
New Jersey Bans the Box
New Jersey recently passed a law prohibiting employers from asking interviewees about their criminal history. The new regulation applies to most...
New Jersey Businesses can Sue each other for Sexual Harassment
On January 16, 2010, the New Jersey Appellate Division decided the case of J.T.’s Tire Serv., Inc. v. United Rentals N. Am., Inc., 411 N.J. Super....