TestEmployers can no longer use mandatory arbitration agreements to address sexual assault and sexual harassment claims following the recent passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the Act). The new law amends the language of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), and invalidates […]
The NJLAD is a New Jersey law that protects employees of New Jersey employers, from the private sector and state and local government, from discrimination. While the NJLAD has always prohibited age-based discrimination in employment, a new amendment signed into law on October 5, 2021 by Governor Phil Murphy significantly […]
In a recent decision in Goldfarb v. Solimine, A-24-19/083256 (February 18, 2021), the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled to confirm that an employer will be held liable for damages based on a rescinded oral offer of employment that was relied upon by the employee, despite the lack of a written […]
On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the Plan), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, into law. The Plan includes extended and expanded provisions pertaining to unemployment insurance benefits and paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) that broadly […]