Labor Law

New Jersey Commits to Higher Minimum Wage

by Michael Farhi, Esq. | Apr 1, 2019 | Business Law, Labor Law

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...

Labor Board Flexes Its Muscles and Changes Joint-Employer Standard

by Michael Farhi, Esq. | Nov 12, 2015 | Labor Law

This past summer, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made a major change in a decades-old standard used to decide whether a "joint-employer" situation exists on the job. The new standard will no longer require that a joint employer both possess the authority to...