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New Jersey Business Law Decision Examines Requirements for an Enforceable Contracts

Contract drafting and negotiation is one of the most important aspects of New Jersey business law.  Contracts govern the relationship between business parties.  Therefore, it is vital to ensure that a contract embodies the terms which the parties bargained for, and protects their interests.  And it must meet all the…

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Federal Appeals Court Holds that Withholding Paid Time Off Will Not Defeat Professional Exemption to Minimum Wage and Overtime Requirements

The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, like New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law, requires that employees as a general rule must be paid a specified minimum wage, and overtime when they work more than 40 hours per week.  However, certain classes of employees are exempt from these requirements.  Thus, nonexempt…

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Liquidated Damages Provide Measure of Certainty Under New Jersey Contract Law

New Jersey Business Law and Liquidated Damages Business parties draft contracts to give them a measure of certainty in their future relationship.  However, it is not a secret that contracts are frequently breached, so parties often want a degree of certainty about what will happen in the event of a…

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New Jersey Civil Service Commission Not Afraid to Call B.S. on Employers

In my last post I wrote about the Appellate Division case of In the Matter of Ambroise, which demonstrated that employees will get a fair hearing before the New Jersey Civil Service Commission and in appeals to state appellate Courts.  Another recent Appellate Division opinion in the case of In…

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New Jersey Employment Law Opinion Demonstrates that Civil Service Employees Get Fair Hearing on Appeals with the Civil Service Commission

A recent appellate opinion in the case of In the Matter of Ambroise demonstrates that New Jersey civil service employees will receive a fair hearing in appeals with the New Jersey’s Civil Service Commission and appeals courts.   Background Ambroise was terminated as a senior correctional police officer (SCPO) by…

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New Jersey Employment Law Case Examines the Effect of Amendments Concerning Time to File a Lawsuit for Wage and Hour Violations

The New Jersey Wage and Hour Law and Wage Payment Law Like the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law requires that employers pay non-exempt employees minimum wage for all hours that they work, and overtime (time and a half) when employees work more than forty…

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Recent New Jersey Employment Law Decisions Explain When Police Officer Records May Be Disclosed

New Jersey employment law in the public sector contains few more contentious areas than the confidentiality of the disciplinary and personnel records of law enforcement officers.  A trio of published New Jersey State and Federal court opinions have shed light on this contentious and evolving area of the law.  …

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New Jersey’s New Mass Layoff Law

New Jersey employees have significant protections during mass layoffs under New Jersey employment law. In 1988 the United States Congress passed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN” Act).  The Act went into effect in 1989.  The purpose of the Act was to try to assist employees with…

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New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights

New Jersey is one of the most employee-friendly states in the nation; and its becoming more and more employee-friendly every year. On February 6, 2023, Governor Murphy signed the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Act into law.  This law clarifies and expands employee protections for non-exempt (hourly) employees who work…

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New Jersey Tenure FAQs

What is tenure? Under New Jersey employment law, tenure is an added layer of job protection for certain public school employees.   What protections does tenure provide for eligible New Jersey education employees? New Jersey employment law provides that no education employee with tenure can be dismissed or have their…

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