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New Anti-Arbitration Legislation Introduced for 2020 Legislative Session

February 7, 2020

Senator Ruiz has introduced new legislation designed to interfere with the terms of standard consumer contracts.  S1152 would create a rebuttable presumption that various contractual terms are “substantively unconscionable” when included in standard form consumer contracts.  Increasing the risk and litigation expense on arbitration is probably the primary objective of the legislation.  But the legislation More »

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Scheduling Legislation introduced in the Senate: Fair Work Week Act seeks to regulate when and how employers schedule workers

January 31, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) has introduced Senate Bill 921 dubbed, The New Jersey Fair Work Week Act. The bill regulates how business with 250 or more employees schedule their workers. The bill would require an employee to provide a written request of his or her preferred schedule, upon hire.  It would similarly require the employer More »

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Most Lame Duck Anti-Business Legislation Signed by Gov Murphy

January 24, 2020

The clock on the prolifically anti-business 2019 lame duck session finally ran out this past Tuesday.  And as expected, Governor Murphy signed most of the legislation that had arrived on his desk.  There was one pleasant surprise.  Assemblyman Zwicker’s legislation concerning “payment of independent contractors” was pocket vetoed and has not (yet) been reintroduced.  This More »

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New Legislative Session Begins: Independent Contractor Legislation Reintroduced

January 17, 2020

The 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 »

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Lame Duck Comes to an End, and So Does Bad Faith

January 17, 2020

Despite 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 »

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Independent Contractor Legislation Not Moving in Lame Duck

January 10, 2020

The 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 »

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Bad Faith Released from Assembly Financial Institutions Committee, Prospects for Floor Vote Uncertain

January 10, 2020

A4293, 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 »

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Alida Kass to Testify on Bad Faith Today

January 9, 2020

Read NJCJI written testimony on A4293 here:

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Challenges to California Attack on Independent Contractors

January 3, 2020

California’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 »

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