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...
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,...
On March 20, 2020, Governor Murphy signed anti-retaliation legislation (A3848) into law, which prohibits employers from taking adverse employment action against employees who take or request time off due to an infectious disease that could affect others at work based...
This past January, New Jersey joined California, New York, and Massachusetts by raising the minimum wage to $15.00. Governor Phil Murphy and legislative leaders signed a deal to increase minimum wage in the state from its current $8.85 to $15.00 to reflect the rising...
Many employees and consumer enter into arbitration agreements with their employers and companies that provide goods and services. This agreement, or a clause in a larger agreement, guarantees that the parties will go to arbitration rather than take their claims to...
Sexual harassment in the workplace has become part of main stream media, and for good reason. According to a 2017 CNBC survey, 19% of American adults have said they have been victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. For men, this number was 10%, and for women,...
Many times, when a former employee files a lawsuit against an employer, a court will uphold an arbitration agreement between them. An arbitration agreement is a contract that employers may have their employees sign that requires that the employee agrees to forgo...
Lawyers often get the reputation of thinking about the "worst case" scenarios, no matter how unlikely they may be. It is a tricky game of "what if," where a potential situation is weighed against the likelihood that it will occur. Insurance companies similarly weigh...
While filing a lawsuit is the most well-known form of getting legal relief, arbitration has become an alternative to resolving employment disputes, like discrimination, wrongful termination and wage claims. The 2 sides go before a neutral arbitrator, usually an...
Many small business owners prefer to hire independent contractors instead of employees to keep their operations running. But simply calling these workers independent contractors doesn't always truly defined their legal status. Depending on their relationship with the...
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