by Gordon Marzano | Jan 10, 2022 | Employment Law
Now that we are beginning a new year, New Jersey businesses should review the following list to help ensure they are mitigating risk in 2022. Conduct a Human Resources Checkup There are over 27 federal and New Jersey state employment laws businesses need to comply...
by Gordon Marzano | Dec 15, 2021 | 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 | 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...
by Gordon Marzano | Nov 24, 2021 | Employment Law
Businesses in New Jersey must ensure that they are paying their employees properly. As if keeping up with all the federal and New Jersey state wage and hour laws was not stressful enough for businesses, New Jersey put a much larger focus on it through the passage of...
by Gordon Marzano | Nov 8, 2021 | Employment Law
The employee who approaches you with the news of their pregnancy and, as a business, understanding your obligations, tends to be a matter many companies have difficulty navigating through. There are several different federal and New Jersey state statutes that may be...
by Gordon Marzano | Sep 2, 2021 | Employee Handbook, Employment Law
A U.S. appeals court recently ruled in a case involving Federal Express Corp that workers who take military leave must be paid for that time if their employers offer other forms of paid leave. The class action was brought by FedEx employee and Navy reservist Gerard...
