The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to all of our lives. We live and approach the world in so many new ways and the longer the pandemic persists, the more it looks like “back to normal” will not be possible. Instead, we must prepare ourselves for a new normal. Employers and...

Back on October 5th of 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. 681 into law. The bill amends New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination. The amendment prohibits New Jersey government employers from putting workplace policies in place that force employees over the age of 70 to retire. Here, we will...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law on September 24, 2021, which went into immediate effect. The new law imposes a new requirement on employers regarding hiring preferences to those employees who have lost their jobs due to workplace injury. As no one or no workplace is immune from accidents...

New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Act (CEPA) is, at its essence, a broad law providing whistleblower protection. The Act provides a shield against retaliation for employees who have voiced their objections to something occurring in the workplace that they believe to be in violation of the law. A retaliatory action may be the...

COVID-19 vaccination requirements in workplaces continued to ramp up in the past few months. Back on November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule requiring the majority of Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and suppliers to have staff members vaccinated within 60 days. This...

The Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Charlotte A. Burrows, has made clear that retaliation in the workplace is both a persistent and urgent problem across America. She has asserted that the staggering increase in the percentage of charges alleging retaliation over the last 20 years has merited big...

Employees in New Jersey are protected by a number of employment laws at both the state and federal levels. These are laws that guard against adverse actions wrongfully taken by employers such as discrimination and failure to pay minimum wage. For these laws and protections to apply, however, there must be an...

The hiring process can be intense on both sides. Potential employees are anxious to present their best selves to potential employers. Employers want a vetting process that helps ensure they are selecting the right person for the job. As employers work towards instituting a hiring process that encourages the selection of a...

There is always a story behind a law. There is always a reason it was passed and a purpose for it. If you have heard of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, then you know that this piece of legislation overhauled corporate regulations back in the early 2000s. A comprehensive reform of the financial practices...