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New Jersey Mandates Drug Testing of Direct Support Staff

All applicants and employees working in any New Jersey Department of Human Services (“DHS”) funded, licensed or regulated program serving adults with developmental disabilities are subject to mandatory drug testing.

Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act Update: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Releases Guidance and Forms

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has released Guidance and Forms in connection with the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act.

New Jersey Expands Equal Pay Protections

New Jersey has enacted legislation that significantly expands the state’s equal pay law.

New Jersey Enacts Paid Sick Leave Law

New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy (D), has signed into law the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”), which will provide eligible employees with paid leave for their own medical needs, those of a family member, or other covered reasons.

New Jersey Employers Required to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Breastfeeding

New Jersey expanded its civil rights protections to include breastfeeding, expressing milk, and related medical conditions. Employers must also provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding women, including reasonable break time and a suitable location to express milk in private.

Reminder: New Jersey Employers Must Provide Annual CEPA Notice to Employees

It’s time for the annual distribution of the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) in both English and Spanish.

Reminder: Annual New Jersey Gender Inequity Notices Must be Distributed

New Jersey employers with 50 or more employees are required to “conspicuously post” and distribute a notification stating employees’ rights to be free from gender inequity or bias in pay, compensation, benefits or other terms or conditions. This requirement complies with the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

Reminder - Annual New Jersey Gender Inequity Notices Must be Distributed

New Jersey law requires New Jersey employers with 50 or more employees (determined by counting all employees regardless of whether those employees work in New Jersey) to “conspicuously post” and distribute a notification stating employees’ rights to be free from gender inequity or bias in pay, compensation, benefits or other terms or conditions, under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

Reminder - New Jersey Employers Must Provide Annual CEPA Notice

We would like to remind New Jersey clients of their obligation to annually distribute to their New Jersey employees, via written or electronic means, the required notice under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) in both English and Spanish.

Reminder – New Jersey Employers Must Provide Annual CEPA Notice

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This notice is to inform you about the changes regarding employee’s marital status information. Under Utah law, an employee is required to use the same marital status for both federal and state income tax withholding elections.

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This notice is to inform you that under the North Dakota (ND) law, all withholding elections must be consistent for both federal and state income tax withholding.

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Washington has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 5649), which, among other things, adds bereavement leave for child loss and clarifies conditions for postnatal leave. Senate Bill 5649 takes effect on June 9, 2022.

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South Carolina has enacted legislation (House Bill 3126) that requires private employers to provide exemptions for COVID-19 vaccination mandates, among other things. House Bill 3126 is effective immediately.

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In a recent case (Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services Inc.), the California Supreme Court has ruled that the extra pay an employer must pay an employee if the employee works during their meal break constitutes wages for purposes of California’s final pay and itemized wage statement ...

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