NJ Labor And Employment Law

The New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Blog is authored by Jay S. Becker and Joseph C. DeBlasio, shareholders in the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, with support from the associates in the Group. It is dedicated to provide news and updates regarding all labor and employment matters throughout New Jersey.

Jay S. Becker Featured Guest on blogtalkradio’s Business Dig Discussing The Importance Of A Social Media Policy

Whether you have one employee or hundreds, in today’s electronic world, you should assume that your employees are using some type of social media in their personal lives, and likely in their professional lives too.  Are you?  Is your company or organization taking advantage of social media marketing such as Facebook, Twitter, [...]

Jay Becker & Ari Burd Author Article, “A Review of the ADAAA Final Regulations”

Although the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was enacted on Sept. 25, 2008, and became effective Jan. 1, 2009, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) did not issue the final amended regulations to the ADAAA until March 25, 2011. These regulations, which became effective on May 24, 2011, provide [...]

EMPLOYMENT LAW – SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently affirmed the right of an employer to take action against its employees for posting negative comments about the employer on a social media page.  While it may seem obvious that an employer would have the right to take action, questions began to arise on the subject after the [...]

Medical Marijuana Use Finally Gets Approved in NJ.

After over a year and a half since first signed into law by former Governor Jon Corzine, Gov. Christie finally approved the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.  The delay was related to the conflict of the state law with federal law, which still strictly prohibits the use and sale of marijuana, even for medicinal [...]