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New Legislative Session Begins: Independent Contractor Legislation Reintroduced
January 17, 2020The Lame Duck session also ended without legislation targeting independent contractors arriving on the governor’s desk. It was a great victory for all our allies in the Coalition – especially the freelancers themselves – who called and emailed and even drove to Trenton to testify against legislation that would interfere with their very livelihood. However, More »
Read More »Lame Duck Comes to an End, and So Does Bad Faith
January 17, 2020Despite last-minute changes in the Assembly Financial Institutions Committee to narrow the legislation, A4293 was pulled from the board list on the last day of Lame Duck. It was an impressive victory for our friends at ICNJ and the rest of our allies who spent much of this past legislative session, consistently making the case More »
Read More »Independent Contractor Legislation Not Moving in Lame Duck
January 10, 2020The Senate President and sponsor of S4204, Senator Sweeney acknowledged obvious on Thursday, confirming that his independent contractor legislation would not be voted on in the final days of the Lame Duck session. This legislation was introduced on the first day of Lame Duck and was widely expected to have made it to the governor’s More »
Read More »Bad Faith Released from Assembly Financial Institutions Committee, Prospects for Floor Vote Uncertain
January 10, 2020A4293, legislation that would expand bad faith insurance remedies was released from AFI on Thursday, with significant amendments. The companion bill was voted out of the Senate in June of 2018, by a one vote margin. As the Lame Duck session comes to a close Monday January 13, 2020, the amended version would now need More »
Read More »Alida Kass to Testify on Bad Faith Today
January 9, 2020Read NJCJI written testimony on A4293 here:
Read More »Challenges to California Attack on Independent Contractors
January 3, 2020California’s AB5 legislation took effect January 1, and the predictable fallout has begun. Thousands of jobs have already been lost, as operations begin the process of moving work out of the state. Vox alone had to get rid of 200 writers in California. And as CNN reported, many small town papers with a limited number of writers More »
Read More »Lead Paint Public Nuisance
December 20, 2019On December 5th, the Senate Environment Committee considered legislation that would up-end public nuisance law in the state of New Jersey. Sponsored by Senator Ruiz, S3974 would eliminate all core public nuisance doctrinal limitations as applied to claims against manufacturers of lead paint. But the doctrinal ramifications would have the potential to extend well beyond. More »
Read More »Misclassification Stalls Admid Continued Widespread Opposition
December 13, 2019The board list for December 16th was released this Wednesday, and at least as of now, S4204 is not on it. It also was not on yesterday’s Assembly Appropriations committee agenda. And while linked pieces of legislation, there are still several substantive differences between S4204 as released from Senate Labor on December 5th, and the More »
Read More »Misclassification Legislation Released From Committee in Wake of Overwhelming Opposition
December 6, 2019S4204, legislation which would amend the ABC test for misclassification in the Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Law, and expand it into NJ Wage and Hour laws was heard for the second time in the Senate Labor Committee yesterday. The Misclassification bill was first heard in November at start of the Lame Duck session, at More »
Read More »Wrongful Death Held in Senate Budget Committee
December 6, 2019S1766, which would expand causes of action in wrongful death cases to include mental anguish and emotional pain and suffering, did not receive a Senate Budget and Appropriations committee vote yesterday. After a two hour delay, NJCJI was told just prior to the committee starting that the bill would not be discussed and would not More »
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