By Marianna Wharry | March 13, 2024
Two former employees of the now-defunct news website The Messenger filed an employment action against the site's parent company and its former owner this week alleging breaches of their employment contracts and violations of labor law after the company refused to issue their pair's severance payments.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Philip M. Berkowitz | March 13, 2024
The New York Department of Financial Services imposed a $30 million penalty on the New York branch of a foreign bank. The fine had nothing to do with employment discrimination or wage-and-hour issues—but it was the outcome of an internal transfer of a single New York-based employee to an overseas affiliate, and is a lesson in how financial services clients are at risk of penalties going far beyond those that are normally imposed by employment law regulators.
By Steve Lash | March 12, 2024
Plaintiffs seeking punitives must show "the employer's managerial agent had at least a rudimentary knowledge of the import of a federal anti-discrimination statute," appeals court said.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By New Jersey Law Journal | March 12, 2024
This year's Employment Law Special Section covers everything from service animals, to cyberattacks, to remote workers, and much more.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Alex A. Pisarevsky and Walter M. Luers | March 12, 2024
"Collective actions differ from Rule 23 class actions in a variety of important ways, including the composition of the collective, the application of the statute of limitations, and the standards for certification," write Alex A. Pisarevsky and Walter M. Luers of Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Alba V. Aviles | March 12, 2024
"In addition to pay equity on the average rate of pay, the law requires that temporary laborers in the designated classifications also be paid the 'average cost of benefits,'" writes Alba V. Aviles of Fisher Phillips.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Adam E. Gersh | March 12, 2024
"Some employers adopt differing policies that comply with each state's law, while others create a baseline that complies with the most generous policies," writes Adam E. Gersh of Flaster Greenberg.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Ashley L. Toth | March 12, 2024
"The demand for service animals is only anticipated to grow over the next few years," writes Ashley L. Toth of Marshall Dennehey.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Corinne Burzichelli DeBerry | March 12, 2024
"When a court ultimately decides a case like this, it should consider the intent of the legislature in creating the retaliation provision," writes Corinne Burzichelli DeBerry of Fox Rothschild.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Scott I. Unger | March 12, 2024
"Although restrictive covenants remain enforceable in New Jersey, there are significant legislative and judicial headwinds against their enforcement," writes Scott I. Unger of Stark & Stark.
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