Listen to this Blog By Joseph Wapelhorst It’s no secret that the restaurant industry has perhaps been hit hardest by the COVID pandemic. These businesses are closing, employees are being let go while those who remain work longer hours. The challenges posed by the...
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Biden Bill Helps N.J. Businesses (We Hope)
Listen to this Blog Last Thursday, March 11, President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law. The Rescue Plan Act will provide another round of stimulus checks to individuals and families, extend federal supplemental unemployment...
Can I Make My Workers Get The COVID-19 Vaccine?
Listen to this Blog By Zhen Liu New Jersey is rolling out COVID-19 vaccines step-by-step to serve all adults who live, work, or are being educated here. The State's goal is to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population – or 4.7 million adults – within six months....
New Jersey is Slow to Protect Women on Campus
Listen to this Blog New Jersey State Senators’ recently reported deficiencies in protecting women in the political realm is similarly mirrored in the Legislature’s neglect in addressing discrimination and harassment on college campuses. On December 2, 2015,...
New Law To Limit Harassment and Discrimination in Political Campaigns Falls Short
Listen to this Blog By Elissa Frank On January 28, with much anticipation, New Jersey State Senators Loretta Weinberg and Vin Gopal introduced S3389, a bill which would “remediate and prevent discrimination and harassment” occurring in New Jersey’s political campaigns...
A Coming Wave of COVID-19 Lawsuits Against New Jersey Employers
Listen to this Blog By Aleksandra Syniec, Staff Writer COVID-19 quarantine and safety requirements have kept many employees at home over the past year, but essential workers as well as those who have been ordered to return to work face increased risk of COVID-19...
Employee Monitoring and Privacy in the age of COVID-19
Listen to this Blog By Zhen Liu Workplace privacy and employee monitoring technologies have become more widespread in recent years, due to the rapid growth of digital technology and surveillance platforms. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, many of us find...
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption Claims
Listen to this Blog The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on hardworking residents and small business owners in New Jersey. Retail stores, restaurants and other direct-customer-facing businesses have been especially hard hit. A third of small businesses...
DBAs, Corporations, and LLCs in NJ : Do The Boring Stuff!
Listen to this Blog Previously, in “Starting a Business--and Doing it Right!”, we briefly discussed 3 types of entities someone can use to start to run their business. Here’s a closer look at what each one involves. “It’s all about, protecting your personal assets,...
Gifting and Your Estate
Listen to this Blog When people in New Jersey hear the term "estate plan," they usually think about a document that tells their beneficiaries who gets what after they have passed on. Although that is certainly the case in many situations, not everyone waits to...