ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: ARE YOU UP TO DATE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ANNUAL POSTING AND DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS?
By Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. and Samantha Egge, Legal Intern The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (“NJ DCR”) has introduced new and amended regulations for private and public employers’ obligations to post and distribute information to employees regarding their rights under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) and the New Jersey Family Leave […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: LANDSLIDE OF NEW LAWS BRINGS NEW OBLIGATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS
By Stacy L. Fode, Esq., Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq., and Samantha Egge, Legal Intern As is typical in the Golden State at this time of the year, the California legislature has been very busy in the past several weeks enacting new and significantly expanding existing employment entitlements. On September 29, 2022 – the day prior […]
Save the Date: California Court Finds Material Breach of Arbitration Agreement For Late Payment of Fees
By Carol Shieh, Esq. California Code of Civil Procedures section 1281.97 states that if an arbitration agreement requires the drafting party to pay certain arbitration fees and costs, the arbitration initiation fees and costs must be paid within 30 days after the due date, or else the party will be deemed to have materially breached […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: TIME TO UPDATE YOUR FEDERAL WORKPLACE POSTER!
By Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(“EEOC”) issued a new poster to be displayed in the workplace by all employers with 15 or more employees. The “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster replaces the previous “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” and describes the Federal […]
ATTENTION NYC EMPLOYERS: PRIVATE SECTOR VACCINE MANDATE ENDS NOVEMBER 1
By Adaneka Witter, Legal Intern and Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. As he received his own COVID-19 bivalent booster shot, Mayor Eric Adams recently announced that New York City’s vaccine requirement for private-sector employees who interact with the public in the workplace will no longer be mandatory as of November 1, 2022. Click HERE and HERE to […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: COMPANIES WITH EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA ARE SUBJECT TO NEW PAY TRANSPARENCY RULES AND FACE EXPANDED PAY DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
By Stacy L. Fode, Esq. and Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. Fueled by efforts to address gender and racial wage gaps, the California legislature has acted on a number of occasions since 2017 to shine the light on pay disparity by enacting wage disclosure obligations. Thirteen other jurisdictions across the country likewise have in effect or have […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: COMMISSION ISSUES ADDITIONAL CANNABIS GUIDANCE BUT LEAVE EMPLOYERS HANGING ON A “WIRE”
By Rachel M. Manne, Esq. and Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. On September 9, 2022, the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“NJ-CRC”) finally issued its guidance on “Workplace Impairment” (the “Guidance”). The full text of the Guidance can be found HERE. The Guidance has been highly anticipated by employers since the February 2021 passage of the Cannabis […]
TO PREEMPT OR NOT TO PREEMPT – NEW JERSEY COURT FINDS BAN ON MANDATORY ARBITRATION CLAUSES NO LONGER ENFORCEABLE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT/ASSAULT CLAIMS
By Jean Schroll Knapp, Esq. In the most recent New Jersey case addressing the interplay between the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) and the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), an Essex County Judge found that, following the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, the FAA no longer preempts Section […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: JERSEY CITY EXPANDS OBLIGATIONS OF PAY TRANSPARENCY IN JOB POSTINGS AND NEW YORK STATE IS POISED TO BE NEXT
9.9.22 | By Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. As we have alerted readers in prior eAlerts, a national trend has emerged to require employers to publicly disclose salary information whenever they post a job or upon request. Fueled by efforts to address gender and racial wage gaps, and commonly referred to as “pay transparency,” twelve jurisdictions […]
EMPLOYERS BEWARE: NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT ISSUES A SIGNIFICANT RULING HOLDING THAT EMPLOYEES WERE MISCLASSIFIED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
By Rachel M. Manne, Esq. and Rachel H. Khedouri , Esq. In a decision that should give all employers pause about how they are classifying workers, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that certain workers hired by a residential drywall installation business on a per-job basis should have been employees rather than independent contractors. […]