On June 28, 2011, Governor Chris Christie passed sweeping changes to New Jersey's pension and health care contribution laws for public workers. ...
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New Jersey Minimum Wage Bill Sent to Gov. Christie
NEW JERSEY MINIMUM WAGE BILL SENT TO GOV. CHRISTIE On November 29, 2012, New Jersey's state Senate passed a bill to raise the minimum wage on March...
New Jersey Prohibits Practice of excluding Unemployed Individuals in Advertisements for Job Vacancies
Beginning June 2011, New Jersey employers are prohibited from knowingly or purposefully publishing (in print or on the Internet) an advertisement...
New Jersey Raising Minimum Wage
On July 1, 2019, New Jersey’s minimum wage will increase to $10.00 per hour. This minimum wage adjustment occurs six months after the state’s last...
New Jersey Releases Clarifying Regulations on Ban-the-Box Law
New Jersey’s “ban-the-box” law, entitled The Opportunity to Compete Act (OTCA), went into effect on March 1, 2015, with the intention of protecting...
New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Unchanged for 2016
New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) announced in late September that there would be no minimum wage increase in the...
New Law Expands Protections for Trade Secrets and Whistleblowers
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defense of Trade Secrets Act. This new law creates a private cause of action in federal courts...
New Laws for the New Year in 2016
As 2015 comes to a close, it is important for employers to review any changes in the law as of the new year. Many statutes are passed and signed...
New NY Task Force Investigates Widespread Wage Violations
On July 16, on the same day that Governor Cuomo signed a bill that increases investigations of wage violations by nail salons, the Governor also...
New Overtime Regulations Could Affect 5 Million Workers
Last night, President Obama unveiled a plan that could give as many as five million Americans overtime pay that they would otherwise be ineligible...