In a much-anticipated move, the United States Department of Labor ("DOL") announced yesterday the final version of its new overtime exemption rule for the “white collar” exemptions. The rule sets a new minimum annual salary threshold that employees...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
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In the summer of 2017, a District Judge sitting in the District of Columbia issued a decision holding that a surety could be held liable under the False Claims Act where it becomes aware of facts suggesting that a bonded principal is fraudulently...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
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Both New Jersey and New York State have recently passed legislation restricting employers from obtaining or considering the salary history of applicants and employees when making hiring and compensation decisions. New Jersey’s law, which takes...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
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On August 12, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a sweeping reform of sexual harassment law that lowers the bar for plaintiffs to prove workplace harassment. The law builds upon the New York sexual harassment laws that were passed...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
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CSG Labor & Employment Alert - Effective July 9, 2019, employers who fail to pay prevailing wages to employees working on projects in New Jersey subject to the Prevailing Wage Act (“Act”) may be subject to the issuance of stop-work orders by the...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
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