by Gordon Marzano | Jun 15, 2022 | Compensation, Compliance
Due to the recent increase in fuel prices, the IRS announced on June 9th that for the period July through December 2022, the optional standard mileage rate for business travel is increasing from 58.5 cents to 62.5 cents per mile. Taxpayers may use the optional...
by Gordon Marzano | Apr 18, 2022 | Compensation, Compliance, New Jersey Business
As many of you know, New York City passed a law requiring wage transparency in job postings, being the second jurisdiction, behind Colorado, to do so. Just recently, Washington State became the third jurisdiction to mandate that employers provide a fair estimate of...
by Gordon Marzano | Mar 29, 2022 | Compensation, Compliance
As I continue to work with businesses in ensuring they are in compliance with both federal and New Jersey state employment law, including wage and hour regulations, it seems as though many businesses still do not understand the difference between exempt and...
by Gordon Marzano | Jan 27, 2022 | Compensation, Compliance, COVID-19
The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides important protections to workers in terms of their pay and hours worked. This law presents challenges to employers in their understanding of its many regulations and how to apply them to their workforce, especially...
by Gordon Marzano | Dec 15, 2021 | Benefits, Compensation, New Jersey Employment Law
In reviewing the time off policies of New Jersey businesses, it is clear to me that many of them are unaware of a statute that has been in effect since October of 2018, the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law. The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law states that an employee...
by Gordon Marzano | Dec 6, 2021 | Compensation, Compliance, New Jersey Employment Law
The minimum wage in New Jersey is scheduled to increase on January 1, 2022 to $13.00 an hour. This is part of legislation signed by Governor Murphy in early 2019 which began with an increase of the minimum wage to $10.00 effective July 1st, 2019. Thereafter, increases...
