New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) launched the Employer Response Portal, where employers must submit separation information under New Jersey’s Unemployment Compensation Law.

The portal requires employers to proactively report layoffs, discharges, resignations, and retirements within seven (7) days of separation, rather than waiting for the former employee(s) to file for unemployment benefits. Employers also have seven (7) calendar days after the NJDOL makes an initial unemployment benefit determination to file an appeal.…

New Jersey employers:

Recent amendments to the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), which take effect on July 17, 2026, expand leave protections for employees and compliance obligations for employers. The NJFLA provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave within a 24-month period to bond with a new child or…

New Jersey employers:

On May 5, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development adopted new regulations clarifying the state’s statutory “ABC test” for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. These regulations apply the ABC test—which the state has applied in some contexts for nearly a century—to the…

New Jersey Employers:

Recently enacted legislation expands employee rights under the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA). Effective July 17, 2026, the expanded law lowers the employer coverage minimum to 15 employees and reduces employee eligibility requirements to three months of employment and 250 hours worked in the preceding 12 months.

It may also expand…

New Jersey employers:

If you hire independent contractors, be mindful that New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) recently filed a notice of proposal for new rules with the state Office of Administrative Law (OAL), which would codify the NJDOL’s interpretation of the ABC test for independent contractor status under the New Jersey…

On August 5, 2023, New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Law took effect. Among other requirements, under the Law Temporary help service firms (i.e. staffing firms and temp agencies) must provide written notice of certain employment terms, keep certain records, and are jointly and severally liable with their clients.

Significantly, the Law also requires…

Several recent decisions out of NJ serve as a strong reminder to tread very carefully before taking an adverse action against an applicant or employee for suspected or actual off-duty marijuana use.

In one recent case, the NJ Attorney General preliminarily found that a telecom company violated New Jersey’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to hire…

On February 6, Governor Murphy signed into law the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights”, A1474/S511.

Per the Governor’s press release, “The bill allows for greater oversight of temporary help service firms and third-party clients by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) within the Department of Law…