12.18.2024UPDATE - New Jersey Employers Need To Start Preparing For The New Pay Transparency Law's June 1, 2025 Effective DateOn November 18, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law, Senate Bill 2310, making it the eleventh state to enact a pay transparency law. On June 1, 2025, when the new law goes into effect, certain New Jersey employers will be required to disclose their hourly wage or annual salary pay ranges and general benefit information for each job posting/advertisement. The new law will also require employers to make “reasonable efforts” to advise current employees of promotional opportunities within their organization.
09.13.2024Retailers Face New Compliance Requirements: Violence Prevention and Panic Buttons Under New York LawOn September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (“Act” and “Legislation”), which in 6 months, will impose a series of new obligations on retail businesses operating in the State. Following California, which in July 2024 enacted legislation requiring retail employers to maintain a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, New York’s new law is in response to the verbal harassments, threats of violence and physical violence to which retail workers are routinely exposed, according to the Act’s legislative history.
05.22.2024Prime Healthcare Atty Jumps Back To Genova Burns As PartnerA former Genova Burns LLC associate has rejoined the firm in New Jersey as a labor and employment partner this week after an in-house stint as associate general counsel for 50,000-employees.
12.11.2020Employers Should Use Caution Before Changing Their COVID-19 Policies Despite New CDC 7-Day and 10-Day Quarantine OptionsOn December 2, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued new guidance, which provides that in certain circumstances, individuals who were potentially exposed to COVID-19 by being in close contact with an individual that tested positive for the virus (“Close Contact”), can take steps to reduce the length of a standard 14-day quarantine period.
11.06.2020New Jersey Enacts New COVID-19 Workplace Safety ProtocolsEffective 6:00 am on Thursday, November 5, 2020, pursuant to Governor Phil Murphy’s October 28, 2020 Executive Order 192 (“EO 192” and “Order”), every New Jersey business which operates with employees and customers physical present at the worksite, will be required to comply with the State’s new COVID-19 workplace safety protocols.
04.22.2020New Jersey Gives Employers Struggling with the COVID-19 Pandemic a Temporary Break: Delay and Changes to the Amended New Jersey WARN Act In response to growing concerns of employers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 14, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law new legislation which provides two significant changes to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (NJ WARN). Pursuant to the January 21st changes, initially scheduled to become effective on July 19, 2020, employers will be required to provide longer notice periods and mandatory severance pay in connection with a large layoff or facility closure.
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