DESPITE COVID-19, EMPLOYMENT LAW TRAININGS STILL REQUIRED IN NY/CA; NJ LEGISLATURE CONSIDERING MANDATORY TRAINING
Although much of the workforce may be remote during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, neither New York State, New York City, nor California has postponed their mandatory anti-harassment training deadlines. Similarly, in New Jersey, courts continue to consider an employer’s anti-harassment training in evaluating the strength of an important affirmative defense in hostile environment cases. In […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: GOVERNOR MURPHY SIGNS NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR ALL NEW JERSEY WORKPLACES
Yesterday, Governor Murphy signed Executive Order (EO) No. 192, which provides mandatory health and safety standards to protect all of New Jersey’s workers during the pandemic. A copy of the EO can be found HERE and the related Press Release can be found HERE. This EO, which is effective on 11/5/20 at 6:00am, establishes workplace […]
WE CAN DO THIS: REOPENING THE NON-PUBLIC OFFICE SECTOR AND KEEPING IT OPEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
co-authored by Christine Gottesman, Esq., Special Counsel at Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. in Chatham and Kelly Deere, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. Published by Westlaw from Rutgers Business Law Review 2020, October 2020. INTRODUCTION: No one said reopening businesses after a pandemic shutdown would be easy. Some businesses have shown […]
Employer Arbitration Agreement Pointers From 2 Rulings
Employer Arbitration Agreement Pointers From 2 Rulings By Kirsten Grossman (October 13, 2020) published as a Guest Article by Law360 Expert Analysis On Sept. 11 and 14, respectively, the New Jersey Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided two significant cases relating to the enforceability of arbitration provisions in the […]
ATTENTION NYC EMPLOYERS: Amendments to NYC Earned Safe/ Sick Leave Law in Effect
As we highlighted earlier this week, Governor Cuomo has enacted a statewide sick leave law allowing most New York employees to accrue up to 40 or 56 hours of annual paid sick leave, depending on the size of their employers. [CLICK HERE TO REVIEW SEPTEMBER 30 EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT]. As anticipated, New York City has […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: UNDER NEW LAW, “ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES” WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE CONTRACTED IT AT WORK
On September 14, 2020, Governor Murphy signed a new law determining that “essential employees” who test positive for COVID-19 are presumed to have contracted the virus while at work. The law is retroactive to March 9, 2020. Q: Who is an “Essential Employee”? A: An Essential Employee is an employee who, during a state of […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: DOL Revises and Reaffirms Portions of Its Final Rule on FFCRA in Response to New York v. Scalia
On September 11, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it had revised its Final Rule on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) in response to the Southern District of New York’s August 3, 2020 decision in New York v. Scalia, which stemmed from the State of New York’s lawsuit challenging certain provisions of the […]
NEW FAQs ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: FFCRA AND SCHOOL CLOSINGS
With summer rapidly winding down and many children not returning to school full-time (at least not in person), this creates tremendous challenges for families as well as employers. With that said, many of NFC clients have been asking us for direction on how to navigate the potential leaves their employees with school-aged children may need […]
ATTENTION NY & NJ EMPLOYERS: NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ADVISORY STATE LIST – 8.11.20 UPDATE
The Governors of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut jointly announced a quarantine plan on June 24 to help protect their states from other areas where surging cases/outbreaks of COVID-19 were detected. The travel advisory list has grown for seven straight weeks with the latest list issued yesterday, August 11th. Currently, there are 31 states […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: THE DOL ISSUES NEW FMLA FORMS
On July 16, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a revised set of model forms employers can use for leaves that employees take pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). These updated model forms are part of the DOL’s years-long process of improving and simplifying […]