TestAs published by Law360, September 24, 2021 By Jeannie O’Sullivan A Third Circuit judge has sent a strong signal that it’s time for Congress to revamp a 96-year-old federal law’s provision freeing certain transportation workers from workplace arbitration clauses, given that it lags behind in the era of phone app-based […]
As published by Law360, August 30, 2021 By Jeannie O’Sullivan Management-side employment lawyers say it’s no coincidence that the heightened enforcement comes as Murphy scrambles to replenish the record $8.5 billion in unemployment and extended unemployment benefits the state has paid out from its own coffers since the pandemic hit […]
As published by Law360, July 21, 2021 By Jeannie O’Sullivan Worker Misclassification The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to determine if insurance agents are categorically independent contractors, a question posed by the Third Circuit in a proposed class action accusing Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. of misclassifying agents as contractors […]
As published by NJBIZ, July 19, 2021 By Daniel J. Munoz President Joe Biden is asking the Federal Trade Commission to ban or limit non-compete clauses, which prevent millions of workers across the nation from going to work for their employers’ rivals. The move was hailed by labor rights groups […]