For many years, New Jersey employers have been required to give every terminated employee a Form BC-10, which provides information about unemployment benefits. However, starting July 31, 2023, employers were also required to “immediately and simultaneously” send the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development’s Division of Unemployment Insurance […]
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09
Feb
2023
New NJ Temp Worker Law Enacted
On February 6, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed the Temporary Workers Bill of Rights. This legislation will, among other things, guarantee that temps get the same pay and benefits as regular employees, and contains a novel anti-retaliation provision. The Legislature made it clear why this law was passed: The Legislature […]
Read moreEffective immediately, certain workers’ comp claimants in NJ are entitled to be rehired into a vacant position for which they are qualified. There are many questions about the new law, as expertly explained by John Geaney, one of NJ’s preeminent workers’ compensation attorneys. John explains the new law better than […]
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12
Sep
2021
Help with FMLA, NJFLA and NJFLI
The NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development has developed some handy tools for employers to help you sort out the FMLA-NJFLA-NJFLI tangle. Here’s a PowerPoint presentation for managers and HR, and here’s a handout on NJTDI and NJFLI.
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05
Sep
2021
Failure to Accommodate Disability = Liability
Traditionally, an adverse employment action—getting disciplined or fired, being denied a raise or promotion, for example—has been a necessary part of a discrimination case. But in the area of disability discrimination, state and federal courts around the country have differed about whether an employee who has been denied a disability […]
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