(Click here for printable PDF) In Pennsylvania, an employer who wants current employees to sign a restrictive covenant must provide the employee with new consideration, as employment itself is only sufficient consideration to start the employment relationship. Pulse Technologies, Inc. v. Notaro, 620 Pa. 322, 327 (2013). What constitutes “new consideration?” And how much of […]

(Click here for printable PDF) The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is the statute that protects both retirement and health plans. The United States Department of Labor (DOL), Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is the agency entrusted to enforce ERISA and in particular the rules for reporting and disclosure, vesting, participation, funding, and fiduciary […]

(Click here for printable PDF) The Trump Administration on Tuesday issued its final rule to revise overtime regulations under federal law, so as to make more employees eligible for overtime. The most important change will allow an estimated 1.3 million additional workers to receive overtime pay. This final rule will become effective on January 1, […]

(Click here for printable PDF) Earlier this year, in an effort to encourage employees to utilize public transportation and van pooling when traveling to and from work, Governor Murphy signed a law making New Jersey the first state in the nation to require most employers to offer a pre-tax transportation fringe “benefit” to their employees.  […]

(Click here for printable PDF) It was hard to miss the media coverage of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) raids which took place at multiple food processing plants in Mississippi last week.  The Associated Press reported that initially 680 undocumented workers were initially arrested, although a day later more than […]

(Click here for printable PDF) In the latest effort across the country to address the “glass ceiling” and pay inequity issues, New Jersey recently passed a new law to significantly limit salary information that can be obtained from job applicants before hiring them.  The law will go into effect on January 1, 2020, and all […]

(Click here for printable PDF) New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy earlier this week signed a sweeping law that will eventually increase New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 for most employers. One of the Governor’s signature campaign promises has now been fulfilled, making New Jersey the third most-populous State in the country […]

(Click here for printable PDF) On January 15, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that the New Jersey Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (“NJEPA”) only applies prospectively to conduct that is alleged to have occurred on or after its effective date – July 1, 2018. The State’s […]

In late October 2018, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) published Frequently Asked Questions and responses (collectively the “FAQs”) concerning New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”). The FAQs can be found here. And an overview of the Act and its impact on New Jersey employers can be found here. NJDOL’s FAQs concerning […]

(Click here for printable PDF) In October 2018, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) published the required notice (the “Notice”) that must be posted and distributed to all New Jersey employees under New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”).  Please see the following for an overview of the Act and its impact […]