I have blogged many times on prevailing wage issues and, of late, have commented on the unwarranted expansion of these laws. Well, here’s another one. The State of New York
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New Washington State Lien Law Increases Pressure On Employers To Pay Wage Claims: What’s Next?
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When the DOL audits an employer and finds wages due, the employer, albeit unhappily, then pays the wages and (hopefully) changes its errant ways. There are times when the employer…
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In Prevailing Wage Cases, Going Upstream Just Got Easier, At Least In New York: A Coming Trend?
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I do a lot of prevailing wage defense, both of general contractors and subcontractors on construction projects. A difficult, very nuanced, very gray area of the law. One danger that…
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Not Another Class Action Seeking Payment For COVID Testing!–Employer Compulsion The Key?
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The thorny issue of what constitutes “working time” is always causing headaches for employers and the pandemic period has increased these concerns greatly, with demands made for compensation for testing…
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Employers Beware—State Wage Hour Rules May Be Tougher Than The FLSA and Must Be Complied With
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I always tell clients they must comply with both federal and state law, whatever State they are situate in, that complying with one is not a defense to not complying…
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New Jersey Management-Side Lawyers Bemoan Latest Legislative Attacks On The Business Community Over Independent Contractor Misclassification
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I have written a few times on the new, very aggressive, enforcement measures that the New Jersey legislature has recently taken on the issue of misclassification. On this troubling note,…
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Employer Withholds Last Wages To Compensate It For Training Costs: Is This An Employer Expense?
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A thorny issue for employers is training newly hired people, then having those people quit (for whatever reason) and being stuck with the training costs. What can the employer do?
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New Jersey Tightens Up Already Stringent Independent Contractor Enforcement Hammers: Is There No End In Sight?
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I have often blogged about the very enforcement-oriented stance of the Murphy Administration and the New Jersey Department of Labor (“NJDOL”). Well, I have now even more evidence. On July…
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New Enforcement Powers Given to New Jersey DOL Exercised In Broad Fashion For First Time: The Coming Of The Storm?
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In July 2019, the New Jersey Legislature amended and expanded the State’s wage-hour laws to give the enforcing agency the power to stop an errant contractor, especially those doing prevailing…
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Paid Time Off For Getting The Vaccine: States Are Moving Towards That.
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I have been asked many times by clients if they need to give employees paid time off in order to get the vaccine. I tell them (in New Jersey) that…
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