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Attention New Jersey Residents Working in New York: Can New York Tax Employees While Working Remotely From New Jersey?

On December 23, 2020

Lawful or not, it is happening, but New Jersey has joined New Hampshire’s efforts to preclude taxation upon employees working remotely from another state. With millions of employees working from home because of COVID, what are the tax consequences when the employee lives in a different state than his employer? New Hampshire has sued neighboring […]

Mandatory Vaccinations: To Require or Not Require, that is the question

On December 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered life as we know it. As we have heard many times, the “new normal” is our reality now. The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous issues that touch almost all aspects of society and our economy. As a result, there have been many quandaries and perplexities that arise in the workplace […]

COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate: The Effects Are Felt on All Aspects of Society

On October 20, 2020

As we enter the eighth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world looks vastly different than it once did. The majority of US students are still attending school virtually or in a hybrid approach, erasing what we once thought of as “regular school hours.” Economic and health care concerns have eliminated many childcare and housekeeping […]

Gender Identity Harassment and Discrimination

On June 19, 2020

Currently, about 21 state laws make it unlawful to permit harassment or discrimination in employment based on gender identity and expression and sexual orientation. New Jersey is one of those states and has been ahead of the current legal curve in that gender identity and expression, including transgender status, and sexual orientation, are expressly considered […]

Be An Ally to LGBTQ Individuals

On April 6, 2020

Under many state and municipal laws, LGBTQ individuals have some legal protections. Currently, the Supreme Court of the United States is considering various employment law cases in which discrimination in employment, based on Gender Identity / Expression and Sexual Orientation, would expressly deem to be protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act […]

The Nuts and Bolts of the Family First Corona Virus Response Act

On March 30, 2020

In the advent of the COVID-9 pandemic, the U.S. government expeditiously signed into law historical, temporary measures to provide individual employees paid sick and family leave if the leave will be related to particular COVID-19 absences from work. The paid family leave portion is called the Emergency Expansion of the Family Medical Leave Expansion Act […]

Protecting LGBTQ Rights in the Workplace

On June 19, 2019

The month of June is recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month in commemoration of a historic raid in June 1969 of a traditionally gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, NYC. The month of June is therefore recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month. In many cities across America, support for LGBTQ pride symbolized by the many […]

Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act

On May 8, 2019

Mayor De Blasio and the NYC Commission on Human Rights are dedicated to ending gender-based harassment in the five boroughs. To that end, Mayor De Blasio created a new Sexual Harassment Taskforce in 2018, which is the first in the nation, aimed to assist victims and bring perpetrators to justice. In addition, in 2018, a […]

What Does New Jersey's Minimum Wage Increase Mean for Employers?

On March 4, 2019

On February 4, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy successfully implemented one of his campaign promises by signing a bill that will increase the minimum wages of approximately one million hourly workers in New Jersey. At the time of the signing, the current minimum wage in New Jersey is $8.85 per hour. This new legislation […]

Delaware Mandates Employer Provided Sexual Harassment Training

On January 4, 2019

Governor John Carney of Delaware signed House No. 1 (for parent bill HB 360) which addresses sexual harassment and retaliation in employment and amends the current anti-harassment, anti-discrimination, and anti-retaliation laws. This law makes Delaware only the 5th state in the union that mandates certain employers to provide sexual harassment training for all employees, managers, […]

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