The New Jersey Department Of Labor’s Aggressive Enforcement Of Prevailing Wage Violations This year the State of New Jersey introduced a number of new employment laws focused on cracking down on prevailing wage violations and independent contractor misclassification claims, which includes a new law imposing joint and personal liability on owners, directors, officers, and managers […]
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On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced a final rule clarifying who is an “independent contractor” and who is an “employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and subject to its requirements. TheUSDOL’s final rule draws on the knowledge its staff gained by examining decades of court opinions and numerous State
Governor Phil Murphy has made adjustments to the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law, effective August 6, 2019 Additionally, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development recently offeredextended benefits to unemployed workers. The new changes to the Wage and Hour Law increase thestatute of limitations from two years to six years and provides for
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As of June 15, 2020, Justice Neil Gorsuch, authorized nationwide protection for the LGBTQcommunity against workplace discrimination. In the case Bostock v. Clayton County, JusticeGorsuch used the following language, “In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making itillegal for an employer to rely on an employee’s sex when deciding to fire that employee.” Priorto this
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