May an applicant demand that seven members of a planning board act on a use variance?
Update your policies. The temporary workers and anti-retaliation provisions are out.
By Scott Miccio
Two years ago, voters went to the polls in New Jersey and overwhelmingly supported the legalization of recreational cannabis sales and use. Over two-thirds of those who voted, supported the measure. Two-thirds! These days, two out of three people can’t agree on much, like whether a hot dog is a sandwich (it is, by the way), but on this, New Jerseyans were in lockstep.
Since then, much has happened, but the industry has yet to hit its…
By Christopher Keating
State and federal laws require that workers be paid on time and in full, and there are several avenues that employees can pursue to recover money they are owed. This includes late or “light” paychecks, unpaid commissions, or unpaid or underpaid overtime wages, which may be due to willful or negligent acts of the employer or due to employees being misclassified as independent contractors. Common violations I see in practice include:
Employer incorrectly tells employees they do…
In response to the tragic shooting of Judge Esther Salas’ son, Daniel, New Jersey adopted Daniel’s Law in order to protect the personal information of qualifying public servants. Daniel’s Law permits judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement members to request that certain personal information, like property addresses, not be shared with the public.
The most recent amendment to Daniel’s Law created the Office of Information Privacy (OIP) to carry out the mandates of Daniel’s Law. Under the leadership of Director Christine Campbell, the…
Author: Alfred Tumolo
On June 24th, the New Jersey State Assembly unanimously passed bill A2617, sending it on to Governor Murphy to soon become law. Under A2617, employers must give a hiring preference to their injured workers who cannot return to the same position after they have been discharged from medical treatment. This is not an amendment to New Jersey’s law against discrimination which requires a reasonable accommodation for a disabled worker, but instead it would modify the Worker’s compensation…
Author: Alfred Tumolo
On April 13th, 2021, The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Appellate division in Vincent Hager v. M&K Construction and held that Hager had presented sufficient credible evidence establishing that medical marijuana from New Jersey’s Medical Marijuana Program was reasonable and necessary treatment. The employer must reimburse the costs and expenses associated with Hager’s medical marijuana use for his work-related injury.
Vincent Hager suffered serious injuries while working for M&K Construction in 2001 when…
State regulation of contaminated soil hauling is finally a reality
April 20, 2020 was the deadline for unlicensed soil and debris fill businesses to register with the Attorney General
The influence of organized crime in the solid waste hauling industry is embedded in New Jersey culture. Aggressive state laws, including the “A-901” program, long ago sought to eliminate the infiltration of organized crime through an exhaustive licensing process, including far-reaching background checks.
Left unregulated, by comparison, but no less susceptible…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Malamut & Associates, LLC filed a collective and class action wage and hour lawsuit against Ratner Companies, the holding company for the popular Hair Cuttery salon chain.
Upon information and belief, Ratner Companies ceased operations in every state they operate in on or before March 21, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. While they ceased operations halfway through a pay period, employees across the country had worked during the first half of the pay…
Challenges that government will
always face, in new shapes and sizes
Serious adverse health effects from the proliferation of PFAS chemicals have alarmed the public and government officials, who can’t seem to effectively respond to a fairly obvious health hazard. With decades of regulatory experience to draw upon, those scenarios should be fantasy in today’s sophisticated society, but sometimes history just repeats itself.
Where PFAS is found in plastic consumer goods, for example, where the federal government continues to debate a…