On July 2, 2010, New Jersey unemployment law was changed to make it more difficult for bad employees to receive unemployment benefits. The new law extends from 6 to 8 weeks the period of disqualification for employees fired for fired for work-related misconduct. It also creates a new category of complete […]
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01
Sep
2010
NJ cracks down on bad employees
If you work for a federal contractor with $100,000 or more in federal contracts, or a federal subcontractor with $10,000 or more, you must now put up a new poster telling your workers about their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, the federal law that governs the relationships among […]
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29
May
2010
Free checklist on independent contractors
You all know about the state and federal crackdowns on misclassified workers. To help employers navigate through these waters, Mark Toth, GC at Manpower, Inc., has created a free checklist on employee/independent contractor issues. Click here to view and download it. As Mark advises, after you have answered the questions, be […]
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10
May
2010
Update on Nursing Mothers’ Rights
As I mentioned in a previous post, the new 29 USC §207(r) now requires that the following accommodations must be made by employers for nursing mothers: A reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the child’s birth, each time […]
Read moreThe New Jersey Emergency Responders Employment Protection Act, (NJSA 40A:14-213 and -214) which goes into effect on April 1, 2010, bars employers from terminating, dismissing, or suspending an employee who fails to report for work because he or she is serving as a “volunteer emergency responder” who is either: (1) actively […]
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