Retaliation continues to be the #1 employment law issue. The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has just issued new fact sheets on the topic of retaliation. Fact Sheet #77A, Prohibiting Retaliation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), provides general information concerning the FLSA’s prohibition of retaliating […]
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28
Dec
2011
New Fact Sheets on Retaliation
Attention all NJ employers! You have until December 7, 2011, to post the new, six-page notice of employers’ obligations under various NJ labor laws. You must also distribute the notice to all current employees, as well as to all new hires since November 7, 2011 and all new hires thereafter. Failure […]
Read moreAs we recently reported. New Jersey just adopted the federal “white collar” overtime regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 541. While the FLSA Part 541 regulations define executive, administrative, professional, computer, and outside sales exemptions, employees. Part 541 does not cover the FLSA Section 7(i) exemption for commissioned sales employees of a retail or […]
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21
Sep
2011
NJ adopts new overtime regulations
On September 6, 2011 the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development adopted new overtime pay regulations which make New Jersey’s overtime standards consistent with federal regulations. Obviously, this will make it easier for NJ companies that do business in multiple states by eliminating the conflicts between state and federal laws. […]
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29
Aug
2011
E-Verify Self-Check Now Available in NJ
Self Check, a free federal online service that allows workers to check their own employment eligibility status, is now available to New Jersey residents, and is now available in Spanish. For several years, employers have been using the Internet-based E-Verify service, a Department of Homeland Security program administered by USCIS in partnership with […]
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