With the signing of S-1813, Chapter 37 of the Public Laws of 2010 on June 30, 2010, New Jersey employers received a much needed break in the form of a reduction in unemployment taxes. The new law prevents an automatic tax increase that was scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2010, which would have […]

In Nini v. Mercer Community College, No. A-13/14-09 (N.J. June 1, 2010), the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Division’s 2009 decision holding that a contract renewal is equivalent to a termination; and does not, therefore, fall within the “over 70 exception” in the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”). Under the NJLAD “over […]

On April 8, 2010, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that employers must provide “reasonable accommodations” to disabled employees in establishing work schedules, even when the sole disability-related issue involves an employee’s commute to work. In Colwell v. Rite Aid Corp., No. 08-4675 (3d Cir. Apr. 8, 2010), Jeanette Colwell, a part […]

A provision in the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (more commonly known as the “Health Care Reform Act”) requires employers to provide a “reasonable break time” and a place, other than a bathroom, shielded from view and free from intrusion by co-workers and the public for employees to express breast milk for […]

Most New Jersey employers have long operated under the belief that employees have no expectation of privacy in the workplace when using company computers; and, in fact, the employer has the right to review any electronic information contained and/or maintained on work computers.  Recently, however, in Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc., the New Jersey Supreme […]