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The Employer Handbook BlogHey Eric! Can I spy on my former employee’s Facebook messenger account?
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Asking for a friend, of course. Continue reading
Articles Posted in New Jersey
On the heels of its $15/hr. minimum wage hike, the hits keep coming in NJ. This time, it’s family medical leave.
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We get it, New Jersey, you’re the most progressive. Like, “Hold my drink, Bernie Sanders” progressive. Continue reading
Does New Jersey’s new equal pay law apply retroactively?
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Last April, I was talking to an employee-rights attorney about the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act, legislation in New Jersey that Governor Murphy had just signed. That’s the law requiring pay equality across all protected classes. Continue reading
From wonky to wonkier, why your arbitration agreement may not be worth the paper on which it is printed?
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Yesterday, I successfully alienated every reader that doesn’t work in the restaurant industry or otherwise nerd out on Fair Labor Standards Act minutiae.
Today, I double down with idiosyncratic arbitration agreements, specifically those possibly used by New Jersey employers. I promise to get back to something more universal tomorrow. Perhaps, Nova Scotian paid sick leave legislation. Continue reading
The procrastinator’s guide to figuring out New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave law
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I mean, how much paid sick leave could someone have actually accrued since Monday? Hmmm… Continue reading
Which law firms would I recommend that you use to sue your employer?
I’ll wait patiently while you pick your jaws up off the floor.
I want some of what you’re having, Eric. Have you lost your freaking mind, Eric?
Nope, I’m good. Continue reading
NJ federal court: Employers don’t have to excuse medical marijuana users from taking workplace drug tests
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By any reasonable, objective measure, New Jersey was having a pretty good employee-rights run in 2018 — even by NJ standards. Continue reading
New Jersey is teaming up with the DOL to crack down on worker misclassification
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I feel like worker misclassification has been an issue that’s been flying under the radar for the last year or so, especially as it relates to independent contractors. Continue reading
“California, hold my drink,” said New Jersey. (A post about paid sick leave) – UPDATE
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[UPDATED (12:30 PM Eastern): I made a few mistakes in the original post that I am correcting now. First, the link to the paid sick leave law was to a prior version of the law. I corrected that with an updated link. Second, employees can accrue a maximum of 40 hours of paid sick leave per year, not 72 as mentioned in the original post. I have corrected that as well. I apologize for the mistakes and any confusion they may have created. I also clarified the accrual rules. Fortunately, the new law doesn’t take effect for 180 days. So, there is still time to prepare.]
On the heels of passing the strongest equal pay law in the entire nation, New Jersey has outdone itself.
California, eat your heart out. New Jersey has done it again by passing a new law requiring paid sick leave for employees. Continue reading