Bill A2617, a worker’s rights bill, Passes the state Assembly.

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…

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NJ Supreme Court Ruled that an Employer Has To Reimburse an Employee for Medical Marijuana Expenses

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…

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Digging up the Dirt on Toxic Soil

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…

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