Scheduling Legislation introduced in the Senate: Fair Work Week Act seeks to regulate when and how employers schedule workers
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) has introduced Senate Bill 921 dubbed, The New Jersey Fair Work Week Act. The bill regulates [...]
Most Lame Duck Anti-Business Legislation Signed by Gov Murphy
The clock on the prolifically anti-business 2019 lame duck session finally ran out this past Tuesday. And as expected, Governor [...]
New Legislative Session Begins: Independent Contractor Legislation Reintroduced
The Lame Duck session also ended without legislation targeting independent contractors arriving on the governor’s desk. It was a great [...]
Lame Duck Comes to an End, and So Does Bad Faith
Despite last-minute changes in the Assembly Financial Institutions Committee to narrow the legislation, A4293 was pulled from the board list [...]
Independent Contractor Legislation Not Moving in Lame Duck
The Senate President and sponsor of S4204, Senator Sweeney acknowledged obvious on Thursday, confirming that his independent contractor legislation would [...]
Bad Faith Released from Assembly Financial Institutions Committee, Prospects for Floor Vote Uncertain
A4293, legislation that would expand bad faith insurance remedies was released from AFI on Thursday, with significant amendments. The companion [...]
Alida Kass to Testify on Bad Faith Today
Read NJCJI written testimony on A4293 here: A4293 Bad Faith TestimonyDownload
Challenges to California Attack on Independent Contractors
California’s AB5 legislation took effect January 1, and the predictable fallout has begun. Thousands of jobs have already been lost, [...]
Lead Paint Public Nuisance
On December 5th, the Senate Environment Committee considered legislation that would up-end public nuisance law in the state of New [...]
Misclassification Stalls Admid Continued Widespread Opposition
The board list for December 16th was released this Wednesday, and at least as of now, S4204 is not on [...]
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