New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights law went into effect on Aug. 5, 2023, and vastly changed the landscape for manufacturing employers who use temporary laborers.
The law provides temporary laborers significant...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued final regulations related to the COVID-19 job protection act signed into law on March 20, 2020.
The law generally protects employees from...more
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) has released a 25-page guidance explaining its enforcement policies with respect to the state’s equal pay law. The guidance provides much-needed direction to companies navigating...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDLWD) has announced it has issued two stop-work orders related to alleged violations of state wage laws.
Less than one month after Governor Phil Murphy signed...more
New Jersey has enacted a series of laws designed to penalize companies that misclassify individuals as independent contractors.
Governor Phil Murphy has signed six bills into law that require postings regarding...more
New Jersey has amended its Wage Payment Law (WPL) to require employers with at least 10 employees to furnish employees with additional information each pay period to assist in determining whether their wages are being...more
New Jersey has amended its Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDB) to provide job-protected leave during “a period of disability” resulting from the donation of any organ or bone marrow. The new law will take effect on May...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued final regulations on the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL), ending more than a year’s anticipation following the close of the proposed...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development rescheduled the hearing on proposed regulations regarding tipped employees to February 21, 2020 (previously scheduled February 26, 2020).
The New Jersey Department...more
New Jersey has enacted an omnibus law that expands significantly protections and benefits for employees under the state’s laws providing unpaid family leave, domestic or sexual violence safety leave, and temporary paid family...more
New Jersey’s minimum wage will increase from $8.38 per hour to $8.44 per hour effective January 1, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has announced.
New Jersey voters approved a...more