Dress codes are common, whether they relate to actual uniforms that employees have to wear or just a general code that allows them to choose their own outfits within a certain style. However, employees may not be happy to be told what to wear and may even claim that...
Employment Policies
An employee handbook can help a termination go smoothly
As an employer, you know that you have the right to terminate workers and replace them, but you also know that this may lead to litigation and accusations of discrimination, illegal termination and things of this nature. You want to avoid such an experience. How can...
Businesses need work from home policies
Telecommuting became the new reality for thousands of businesses here in New Jersey. This meant that entire companies, or the majority of the staff, worked from home. It prompted some quick solutions created on the fly. Even as workers are coming back to the office or...
Warning: New Jersey’s WARN Act was only temporarily delayed
New Jersey's amended version of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) was to have gone into effect in mid-July. But as it has to so many parts of life, the pandemic disrupted implementation of the WARN Act. In April, Governor Phil Murphy...
New Jersey employment law deadlines: past and future
Anyone who turns on a TV in Morristown to watch the news will be hit these days with stories about the pandemic, civil unrest and a reeling economy, among others. It is in that context understandable that some news outlets gloss over important information about...
New Jersey unveils “right to refuse to return to work”
The administration of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently unveiled what is being called "the right to refuse to return to work." The administration touts it as protection for workers in the state from work conditions in which they could be exposed to the coronavirus....
Part III: New Jersey returns to work
As New Jersey businesses reopen and employees return to the workplace, it's important for employers to take steps to keep their staffs safe. The Centers for Disease Control and state recommendations for worker safety include flexibility in your sick leave policies, as...
Part II: New Jersey returns to work
Regular readers of our Morristown employment law blog know that we addressed some of the issues facing New Jersey employers as businesses begin to reopen and workers begin to return. One issue of major concern for many business owners: how will the New Jersey Division...
Part I: New Jersey returns to work
As New Jersey and the rest of the nation inches closer to reopening, it is time for employers to think through plans to return employees to the workplace. An issue sure to come up as workers return to New Jersey businesses: can employees decline to return from...
Business mag: What New Jersey firms should do to welcome back workers
For more than six decades, the New Jersey Business magazine has been providing Garden State employers with needed news and advice. The publication’s guidance for the business community has never been needed more than it is right now. The magazine recently published an...
