Reminder: All NJ employers with at least 10 workers must annually distribute, either in hard copy or electronically, the required notice under the NJ Conscientious Employee Protection Act. The notice–English and Spanish– is here. Make sure to fill in the appropriate contact person information before distributing the notice to your employees. […]
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05
Jan
2011
It’s CEPA notice time!
01
Sep
2010
NJ cracks down on bad employees
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 […]
Read moreIf 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 […]
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