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  • Mar 07 2024

    New Year, New OSHA Reporting Requirement Employer's Legal Resource03.07.2024The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) rang in the New Year by rolling out another reporting requirement for certain employers across the country. Beginning January 2024, establishments with 100 or more employees in designated high-hazard industries must electronically submit information from their Form 300 and Form 301 to OSHA once per year.

  • Mar 05 2024

    Employer Alert: CDC Updates and Simplifies Respiratory Virus (COVID) Recommendations as of March 1, 2024 Employer's Legal Resource03.05.2024The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its COVID guidelines for 2024, removing the five-day isolation recommendation as the agency said it aims to mirror guidance for other respiratory infections.

  • Feb 28 2024

    How Do I Calculate Overtime If I Pay a Shift Differential? Employer's Legal Resource02.28.2024The Department of Labor (DOL) has specific rules on how overtime must be paid. Overtime is paid at 1.5 times a worker’s “regular rate” not their hourly rate. If you do not pay overtime correctly, you may be required to pay the amount owed, plus 200% in liquidated damages and if the employee hired an attorney, the attorneys’ fees; as previously mentioned in the New Jersey Passes Wage Theft Law blog.

  • Feb 21 2024

    Navigating Loan Transactions: Borrower’s Due Diligence Process Employer's Legal Resource02.21.2024Access to capital is crucial to the growth of a business. Securing a loan for your business can be a pivotal step in achieving your business goals. Entering into loan arrangements with a lender may seem like a straightforward process. However, the process can be complex (and expensive) without the proper guidance and preparation. This blog is the first of a series intended to introduce and de-mystify various aspects of the loan process.

  • Feb 08 2024

    Misclassification of Employees As Independent Contractors Can Be A Costly Mistake For Employers Employer's Legal Resource02.08.2024On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“USDOL”) announced a final rule on how to analyze whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The new rule will be effective on March 11, 2024.

  • Feb 01 2024

    New Jersey Small Employer Health Benefits Law Employer's Legal Resource02.01.2024A “small employer” is an employer with 1-50 full-time employees on business days in the preceding calendar year and with at least 1 full-time employee on the first day of the plan year. A “full-time employee,” for purposes of determining whether an employer is a “small employer,” is one who works at least 30 hours per week.  Small employers do not have to offer their employees health insurance. However, if a small employer chooses to offer health insurance they have to meet certain requirements.

  • Jan 24 2024

    Questions Employers Should Ask Themselves Employer's Legal Resource01.24.2024It is the start of a new year, time for employers to make sure they are complying with employment laws:

  • Jan 18 2024

    An Employer Can Require Only English be Spoken in Very Limited Circumstances Employer's Legal Resource01.18.2024The following information has been published by the U.S. Department of Labor: In most circumstances, employees' communications in languages other than English should not be limited to only those official functions for which they were hired. Employees' right to speak in languages other than English may only be curtailed in certain narrowly defined situations.

  • Jan 11 2024

    An Employer’s Obligations to Employees with COVID-19 under New York’s Paid Sick Leave Law Employer's Legal Resource01.11.2024New York’s Paid Sick Leave Law generally requires employers to provide their employees with sick leave after testing positive for COVID-19. At the beginning of the pandemic, employers were required to provide such leave only if the employee was subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of COVID-19 quarantine or isolation or, alternatively, after receiving a certification of the employee’s treating healthcare provider stating same. Now, in addition to those two other avenues, employers must provide sick leave to employees if the employee provides an “Affirmation of Quarantine” or an “Affirmation of Isolation.”

  • Dec 22 2023

    Corporate Transparency Act - Reporting Requirements Effective January 1, 2024 Employer's Legal Resource12.22.2023Effective January 1, 2024, the Federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (Codified at 31 U.S.C. 5336) requires nearly all corporate entity types, such as limited liability companies, corporations, and foreign entities qualified to do business in the United States, to submit beneficial ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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