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Recertification of intermittent leave violates FMLA, New Jersey appellate division holds

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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February 22 2013

Burlington County jail employees reasonably suspected of abusing sick leave were required, pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, to submit

Package of gender pay parity laws reaches New Jersey governor’s desk

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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July 16 2012

In late June 2012, three significant employment bills (A2647, A2648, and A2650) reached Governor Chris Christie’s desk, having cleared both houses

New Jersey Senate introduces new minimum wage bill

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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July 16 2012

On June 5, 2012, the Senate introduced a bill (SCR117) that would amend the New Jersey State Constitution to set the minimum wage at $8.50 per hour with annual adjustments for inflation

New Jersey Assembly amends applicantemployee social networking disclosure bill

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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July 16 2012

On June 25, 2012, the Assembly approved an amended bill (A2878) that would, among other things, prohibit employers from requiring current or prospective employees to disclose their user names or passwords for their personal social networking sites (such as Facebook and Twitter

Save New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act - passes in the assembly

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

A bill (A2651) introduced on March 9, 2012 and passed in the Assembly on March 15, 2012, would have a dramatic impact on New Jersey employers intending to outsource a call center (telephone-based or email-based) overseas

Third Circuit disallows cost shifting of the majority of ESI expenses

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

In a matter of first impression (for any federal appeals court), the Third Circuit has determined that the majority of costly activities related to the discovery and production of electronically stored information (ESI) undertaken by the defendants’ ESI vendor, such as hard drive imaging, data processing and keyword searching, were not litigation expenses recoverable by the prevailing defendants

Bill seeks to more than double the minimum wage for tipped workers by July 2013

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

On March 8, 2012, a bill (A2708) was introduced to the Assembly Labor Committee (and has since advanced to a second reading in the Assembly), which would substantially alter the laws governing the compensation of tipped workers in New Jersey

New Jersey's Corporation Business Tax held applicable to foreign corporations with a single employee telecommuting from New Jersey

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

In a case of first impression, the Appellate Division held a foreign corporation that regularly and consistently permits one of its employees to telecommute from a New Jersey residence is doing business in New Jersey, is subject to the New Jersey Corporation Business Tax Act, and must file New Jersey Corporation Business Tax returns

Another bill would provide for school and medical family leave

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

On March 15, 2012, the Assembly proposed to introduce a bill (A2866) that would provide for school and medical family leave for New Jersey employees

Four bills seeking to combat gender wage gap blaze through the Assembly

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

A package of four bills (A2647, A2648, A2649 and A2650) aimed at addressing the gender wage gap were introduced in March and were promptly approved by the Assembly, and now await consideration by the Senate

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