New Jersey Employers: are your sick pay and paid time off policies in compliance?

DOL Issues Final Rules on Earned Sick Leave The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) recently issued Final Regulations governing the Earned Sick Leave Law (the “Act”). As you may recall from our prior Employment Law Alerts, the law requires all employers to provide 1 hour of Earned Sick Leave (“ESL”) for every […]
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ISSUES FINAL RULE – INCREASING SALARY THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Increasing Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Six months after seeking public comment on proposed changes to the earnings threshold for workers to qualify for an exemption to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act – and more than three years after issuing a similar “final” rule that was […]
NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: NEW JERSEY MANDATES SEVERANCE PAY AND EXPANDS NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN MASS LAYOFFS

ATTENTION: NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS On January 21, 2020, New Jersey became the first state in the country to require severance pay for mass layoffs when Governor Murphy signed S3170, landmark legislation nicknamed the “Toys R Us” bill after the toy retailer whose closure last year resulted in the termination of 2,000 New Jersey employees. The […]
EMPLOYERS: “TOP 10” CHECKLIST FOR 2020

Many employment law changes are happening in 2020 and we want to make sure you are prepared. As you already know if you have been following our Employment Law Alerts, 2019 has been a very busy year in the employment arena with many changes going into effect in the coming weeks. NFC wants to make […]
SAGE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS …Christine Gottesman, Esq., of Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. will continue on as VP…
Neighbor News SAGE Announces New Board Members Two new Trustees join SAGE By Cindy Potters, Neighbor Mar 5, 2020 1:21 pm ET SUMMIT, NJ – SAGE Eldercare, a non profit organization which serves older adults and their caregivers in New Jersey, is pleased to welcome Adam Psichos and Michael Ventura to the Board of Trustees. Psichos […]
KERRIE R. HESLIN, PARTNER AT NUKK-FREEMAN & CERRA, NAMED TO NAMWOLF BOARD
Kerrie R. Heslin, Partner at Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, named to NAMWOLF board CHATHAM, NJ – January 6, 2020 Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, PC Employment Attorneys (NFC), a top-ranked Employment Law Firm representing management, is pleased to announce that Partner, Kerrie R. Heslin, has been elected to the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms’ […]