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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

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 Assembly proposes bill to expand the list of permissible wage deductions

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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October 15 2012

On October 1, 2012, a bill (S2213) was introduced that would expand the list of permissible deductions for two specific purposes

New Jersey senate proposes “New Jobs for New Jersey Act” that provides tax credits to small private sector employers

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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October 15 2012

On September 20, 2012, a bill (S2211) was introduced that, generally speaking, would make employers with 100 or fewer full-time employees eligible for a tax credit (against the corporation business tax or the gross income tax, whichever applies), for each employee hired into a full-time position, so long as the employee was previously unemployed for more than 30 days

New Jersey bill seeks to make independent contractor relationship onerous and risky

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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October 15 2012

On September 27, 2012, a bill (A3310) was introduced that seeks to place onerous requirements on employers that engage independent contractors (for $600 or more), and that would impose significant damages and penalties for noncompliance with pay arrangements

Workplace bullying law reintroduced in New Jersey

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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October 15 2012

On September 24, 2012, the “Healthy Workplace Act” (A3249) was re-introduced, seeking once again to make workplace bullying, abuse, and harassment unlawful

Social networking privacy bill close to New Jersey Governor’s desk

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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October 15 2012

As previously reported in several issues of the New Jersey eAuthority (July 2012, June 2012, and May 2012), several bills are pending that seek to, among other things, prohibit employers from seeking or requiring current or prospective employees to disclose their user names or passwords for their personal social networking sites (such as Facebook and Twitter

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

Appellate Division affirms dismissal of suit because employer responded to most of the employee’s multiple requests for accommodation

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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April 4 2012

In a welcome result for employers that earnestly work to reasonably accommodate disabled employees, the Appellate Division has affirmed the dismissal of a former employee’s NJLAD disability claim because the employer diligently investigated the employee’s requests and implemented numerous accommodations that responded to most, if not all, of the employee’s specific needs

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