FOUR YEARS HAVE GONE UP IN SMOKE SINCE NJ LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS AND THE RULES ON TESTING ARE STILL HAZY

In the blink of a bloodshot eye, four years have passed since the enactment of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (the “CREAMM Act”). The law legalized adult recreational cannabis use and added to existing protections for registered users of medical cannabis under the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: NJ DIVISION ON CIVIL RIGHTS SERVES UP NEW GUIDANCE ON RISKS OF RELYING ON ALGORITHMS TO MAKE EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS UNDER NJ LAW AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
If you’re still digesting the last heaping of federal and state guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace (see HERE and HERE), it’s time to clear your plate for more. The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and the Division on Civil Rights recently issued guidance to address the extensive use of […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: WAREHOUSE WORKER INJURY REDUCTION ACT CREATES NEW WORKER PROTECTIONS AND EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS
On December 21, 2024, Governor Hochul signed into law the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act (WWIRA), reinforcing New York’s continued focus on increasing workplace safety in specific industries (see HERE). Expanding on the 2022 Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which established rules and worker protections related to warehouse production quotas, the WWIRA aims to reduce warehouse-related […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: GET READY FOR NYC’S AMENDED LACTATION ROOM ACCOMMODATION POLICY REQUIREMENTS
New York City employers will soon have new obligations under the City’s recently amended lactation room accommodation policy requirements. Since 2019, the law has required employers to implement and distribute to all employees upon hire a written lactation accommodation policy, which must include a statement that employees have a right to request a lactation room and […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: TOP CONSUMER WATCHDOG BARES ITS TEETH WITH AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON FCRA COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY
In recognition of recent technological advances – and the resulting increase in worker monitoring, tracking, and assessment through third-party companies – the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued guidance cautioning employers that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) broadly applies to employee screening, monitoring, and assessment tools (the “Guidance”). Read on for highlights of the Guidance […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: NY DOL ISSUES GUIDANCE ON STATE’S PAID PRENATAL LEAVE LAW
The New York State Department of Labor (“DOL”) published FAQs to provide clarity on its interpretation of the state’s paid prenatal leave law which takes effect on January 1, 2025. As we previously reported HERE, the law expands New York Paid Safe and Sick Leave to require all private employers to provide employees with 20 hours […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: NLRB ISSUES PAIR OF DECISIONS LIMITING EMPLOYERS’ ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH EMPLOYEES ABOUT UNIONIZATION
In early November, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a pair of decisions that reverse decades of precedent and establish new standards to evaluate the lawfulness of employer statements regarding unionization. Join us as we review the highlights and impact of these significant decisions. Employer Statements on the Impact of Unionization On November 8, the […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: U.S. DOL’S FINAL RULE ON RAISING SALARY THRESHOLDS FOR WHITE-COLLAR OVERTIME AND MINIMUM WAGE EXEMPTIONS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) final rule raising exemption salary thresholds under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) has been vacated with nationwide effect, including increases that took effect in July 2024. As we previously reported HERE, in April 2024, the DOL implemented its final rule, which raised the Executive, Administrative and Professional (“EAP”) exemption threshold […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: OFCCP UNVEILS LIST OF FEDERAL CONTRACTORS TARGETED IN LATEST REQUESTS FOR DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYEE DATA – IS YOUR COMPANY ON IT?
The OFCCP has extended the deadline for companies to object to the FOIA requests to December 10, 2024. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently announced two new Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests seeking the disclosure of certain federal contractors’ 2021 EEO-1 Type 2 Reports. If this sounds familiar, it’s not just déjà […]
NEW JERSEY [THIS CLOSE] TO ENACTING STATE’S WAGE TRANSPARENCY ACT
UPDATE: As anticipated, Governor Murphy has signed into law S2310, enacting the state’s wage transparency law. Employers must comply with the pay transparency obligations outlined below on or before the effective date of June 1, 2025. On September 26, 2024, the New Jersey Legislature passed S2310, adding the state to the growing list of jurisdictions […]