Image by Alexey Hulsov from Pixabay In the past several days, many states have issued stay-at-home orders. Here is a list of them from CNN. These orders vary, and no one is literally locked in their homes. But, the gist is that affected citizens should stay at home unless they…
tEvan-Amos / Public domain But, first, thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday for the Facebook Live / Zoom chat to discuss the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and other COVID-19 workplace issues. ICYMI, we did record the session. I’ve got audio here and my handsome talking mug here.…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay In what I hope does not become a weekly feature here at The Employer Handbook, it’s time to update the readers on some new laws that NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed last week. Stop Work Orders. Let’s say that the State of New Jersey learns…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay At this point, that’s kinda like asking which day of the week ends in a “y”? Yep, New Jersey has gone and done it again. Here are five things that employers need to know about this new law: If you employ 100 or more…
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Late in October 2018, New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL) took effect. Under the ESLL, employees can accrue one hour of earned sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to 40 in a year. In November 2018, the State’s Department of Labor…
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Practicing employment law in the State of New Jersey is both a blessing and a curse. I’ll clarify that. It’s great for me because New Jersey passes new employment laws faster than Joey Chestnut eats Nathan’s Hot Dogs on the Fourth of July. So, rather…
By Alexrk – Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link Water is wet. Grass is green. And, yes, New Jersey remains the employee-rights capital of the East. Actually, since we’re talking about New Jersey, I really should have said ‘wooder’ is wet for the South Jersey folks and ‘wourder’ is wet…
Image by Sandra Ferentschik from Pixabay Yesterday, one of my favorite readers of the blog forwarded me a link to this article, “Sweeney-backed bill may eliminate independent contractors in N.J.” That got my attention. Last week, State Senator Stephen Sweeney introduced this piece of legislation which wouldn’t quite eliminate independent…
Image Credit: YouTube Just before Christmas last year, a referee in a high school wrestling match in New Jersey told an African-American wrestler that he must cut his dreadlocks or forfeit the match. This made national news. Fast forward to September 2019. Following a thorough investigation, New Jersey Attorney Gurbir…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay You’ve been here before. One of your employees just complained about discrimination in the workplace. Or maybe s/he just participated in an HR investigation. A few days or weeks later, s/he violates your work rules and you have clear grounds to fire the employee. Now…