Here’s a recap of the US Supreme Court’s 2008-2009 major labor and emplpyment law decisions: Ricci v DeStefano, http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-1428.ZS.html#content. By throwing out the results of an firefighters’ promotional exam, New Haven, CT violated Title VII’s prohibition against race discrimination. A 5-4 majority applied a new standard of statutory construction, holding […]
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17
Aug
2009
Supreme Court Roundup
06
Apr
2009
Employers Be WARNed!
There’s no doubt that these are tough times. Last month the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that workplace discrimination filings soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during fiscal year 2008, which ended September 30. The EEOC statistics are astounding. Total claims went from 82,792 in 2007 to […]
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05
Mar
2009
New COBRA law and NJ health insurance
The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for COBRA premium subsidies for the newly-unemployed, but dies not stop with COBRA. ARRA extends the same rights to emplpyees in states with COBRA-like plans for smaller employers. New Jersey is one of those states. So NJ employers must […]
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23
Jan
2009
New FMLA rules now in effect
In 2008 the FMLA got its first significant update since its enactment in 1993. There are now provides two additional leave entitlements under the FMLA: (1) military caregiver leave and (2) qualifying exigency leave. Military caregiver leave requires employers to provide up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave in a […]
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29
Nov
2008
NJ Family Leave Insurance–Notice Must Be Given!
All employers covered by NJ Temporary Disability Insurance are also covered by the new Family Leave Insurance, which goes into effect in 2009. Payroll deductions for FLI start on January 1, 2009. New Jersey employers are required by law to post notification detailing program information and employee rights to New […]
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