All Items: New Jersey

Payments From Third Parties Must Be Included in Overtime Only If Employee Agreed, 3rd Circuit Rules

Date:

August 26, 2019

In Sec'y United States DOL v. Bristol Excavating, Inc., the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a third-party payment qualifies as remuneration for employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) only when the employer and employee have effectively agreed it will.
New Jersey Latest State to Restrict Salary History Inquiries

Date:

July 31, 2019

The law takes effect January 1, 2020, at which time New Jersey will join a California, Massachusetts, Washington and a host of other states and localities that have enacted similar salary history inquiry restrictions.
New Jersey Becomes First State to Require Panic Buttons for Hotel Workers

Date:

June 19, 2019

A first-of-its-kind state law mandates that most New Jersey hotels provide wearable panic buttons that their workers can press in case of an emergency.
New Jersey Bars Mandatory Arbitration, Limits Nondisclosure Agreements

Date:

March 27, 2019

A broad New Jersey law now prohibits mandatory arbitration of all employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, and also significantly restricts employers from using nondisclosure agreements as part of a settlement.
New Jersey Expected to Raise Minimum Wage to $15.00 by 2024

Date:

January 22, 2019

The governor and the state's legislative leaders say they have struck a deal on a bill that would increase the minimum wage from its current level of $8.85 per hour to $15.00 within the next six years.
New Jersey Enacts Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law

Date:

May 3, 2018

New Jersey has enacted a sweeping paid sick and safe leave law. Effective October 29, an estimated 1.2 million workers in the Garden State will gain the right to paid sick leave.
New Jersey Poised to Enact Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law

Date:

April 25, 2018

New Jersey is expected to become the 10th state to pass a paid sick leave law, joining Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
New Jersey and Washington Enact Tough Pay Equity Laws

Date:

March 30, 2018

Washington and New Jersey have passed comprehensive pay equity laws that significantly strengthen requirements for employers to provide equal pay for similar employment without regard to gender or other protected characteristics.
New Jersey Bans Breastfeeding Discrimination

Date:

January 22, 2018

New Jersey has enacted a law to protect breastfeeding mothers from discrimination at work that goes beyond federal protections. However, the law permits an exception if an employer can show that providing an accommodation would pose an undue hardship.

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Payments From Third Parties Must Be Included in Overtime Only If Employee Agreed, 3rd Circuit Rules

New Jersey Latest State to Restrict Salary History Inquiries

New Jersey Becomes First State to Require Panic Buttons for Hotel Workers

New Jersey Bars Mandatory Arbitration, Limits Nondisclosure Agreements

New Jersey Expected to Raise Minimum Wage to $15.00 by 2024

New Jersey Enacts Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law

New Jersey Poised to Enact Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law

New Jersey and Washington Enact Tough Pay Equity Laws

New Jersey Bans Breastfeeding Discrimination

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