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Noncompete Agreements Once Again Under Attack in New Jersey

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A pair of bills were introduced in the New Jersey Legislature seeking to ban or significantly restrict employers’ ability to enter into and enforce noncompete agreements. The proposed legislation (S4385 and S4386) seeks to...more

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NJ Employers Required to Provide Compensation and Benefits Disclosures

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Last month, New Jersey’s Pay and Benefit Transparency Act (NJPBTA) officially took effect, placing new compensation disclosure criteria on employers in the state, and providing jobseekers access to important information that...more

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NJ Bill Broadly Banning Non-Competes + No-Poach Agreements Would Impact Employers Immediately

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The New Jersey Legislature is considering a bill (S4385/A5708) banning non-compete clauses, with limited exceptions, and prohibiting no-poach agreements between employers and workers. Appearing to take a page from the now...more

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New Jersey and New York Legislators Introduce Bills Proposing New Restrictions on Employment Agreements

Following the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed non-compete ban being overturned last year, certain state legislatures remain focused on limiting restrictions on employees. Recently, New Jersey and New York lawmakers each...more

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New Jersey Adopts Changes Affecting Service Employees During Changes in Ownership

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Governor Philip D. Murphy recently signed Assembly Bill 4682 / Senate Bill 2389, establishing various employment protections for specific “service employees” during changes of ownership. This bill goes into effect on October...more

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New Jersey Department of Labor Proposed Regulations Clarify Requirement That Temporary Workers Be Paid the Same as Clients’...

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Earlier this year, on February 6, 2023, the New Jersey Governor signed the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights into law. On August 21, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Division of...more

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Temporary Rules for Temporary Workers? New Jersey Department of Labor Issues Guidance on Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights

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Earlier this year New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights (the “Bill of Rights”), which established numerous labor and employment protections for large portions of New Jersey’s...more

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New Jersey's Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights is First in the Nation to Require Equal Pay for Temporary Workers

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On February 6, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights.” This new law, the most expansive of its kind in the nation, provides “temporary workers” with new rights and...more

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Recent New Jersey Law Places Temporary Employers Under Regulatory Scrutiny

On February 6, 2023, New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy signed the Temporary Laborers’ Bill of Rights into law, which will impact over 127,000 temporary workers in the state as well as their employers.  Most provisions of this...more

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We The Temp Workers: New Jersey Enacts “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights”

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On February 6, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill No. A1474 / S511, commonly known as the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights” (the “Bill of Rights”), which establishes numerous labor and...more

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Extended Notice and Required Severance: Impending Expansions to New Jersey’s WARN Act

On December 19, 2022, the New Jersey Senate passed Assembly Bill No. 4768 (A-4768), which, when effective, will implement a drastic expansion to New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (NJ WARN...more

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New Jersey Healthcare Transactions Now Face Onerous Employment Requirements

On November 16, 2022, New Jersey Senate Bill No. 315 (S-315) went into effect, providing new employment protections to eligible employees of certain private healthcare entities that undergo a “change in control.” The law...more

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New Jersey Legislature Passes Bill to Set the Effective Date of Amendments to the New Jersey WARN Act

On December 19, 2022, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill that, if signed by Governor Phil Murphy, would amend the effective date of amendments to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ...more

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New Year, New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New Jersey in 2023

The New Year will usher in several new employment laws in New Jersey. This update summarizes these new legal requirements to help New Jersey employers prepare for 2023....more

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New Jersey Governor Signs Act Concerning Changes in Control of Health Care Entities

On August 18, 2022, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S-315, “An Act concerning changes in control of health care entities” (the Act). The Act implements employment protection for healthcare workers when certain licensed...more

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New Jersey Enacts Last-Minute Bill Tying the Hands of Successor Hotels

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On January 18, 2022, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed NJ A6246 / S4295, which significantly restricts the business discretion of successor hotels. The New Jersey Senate and General Assembly passed this bill by an overwhelming...more

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