On August 11, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law the Opportunity to Compete Act, which will prevent employers from asking job applicants about their criminal records until after the first job interview.

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in "McGovern v. Southwest Airlines", recently reinforced the rule that employees can only bring claims under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") if they work in New Jersey.

In addition to widespread power outages and property damage, Hurricane Sandy also generated a host of other issues for employers.

On Wednesday August 1, 2012, Illinois became the second state, joining Maryland, to pass legislation banning employers from requesting Facebook and other social media site login information from current and prospective employees.

On August 28, the Internal Revenue Service released draft instructions to two forms that large employers will use to report information required by the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) "employer mandate." The draft forms themselves had been released on July 24.

A federal judge in Iowa recently reduced a $240 million jury award to 32 intellectually disabled turkey plant workers.

Posted: Kevin J. Skelly | Topics: Discrimination On November 7, 2013, the United States Senate passed bill S.815, titled the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

On August 7, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law S726 revising the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD).

One important strategy for adopting to the first-to-file system of the America Invents Act will be to segregate subject matter that has an effective filing date of March 15, 2013 or earlier from subject matter that has an effective filing date of March 16, 2013 or later.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently ruled that FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. had misclassified a group of former pick-up and delivery drivers as independent contractors instead of employees under the Massachusetts Wage Laws.

As we previously reported here, on September 30, 2013, the New Jersey Senate introduced a bill to include pregnancy among the list of enumerated protected categories under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.

On January 7, 2013, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development published in the New Jersey Register a proposed form of notification in connection with the recently passed law regarding gender equality in the workplace.

As we previously wrote about, the New Jersey Legislature has been considering "ban the box" legislation since February 2013.

On September 30th, New Jersey Senator Loretta Weinberg proposed legislation to amend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination to include pregnancy and childbirth as protected categories.

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that jury instruction must require the involvement of upper management in egregious conduct for an employer to be liable for punitive damages in cases under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development ("NJDOL") has issued a new 6-page notice regarding an employer’s obligation to maintain and report records on wages, benefits, taxes, and other contributions and assessments pursuant to state wage, benefit, and tax laws.

Over the past several years, there have been a number of high-profile accidents in U.S. laboratories.

Under the Earned Sick Time Act, which initially would go into effect on April 1, 2014, private New York City employers with 20 or more employees would be required to provide their employees five paid sick days per year.

The New Jersey legislature has passed a bill requiring employers to allow twenty days of unpaid leave to domestic violence victims in their workforce.

As we previously posted, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued a final rule requiring employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.