Legal News

Sixty former workers of Load Trail, a leading trailer manufacturing business, have filed a class-action suit against the business for failure to pay for the overtime work. Background - The workers claim that they have regularly worked around 55...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

Last month, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (“NYCCHR”) adopted enforcement guidance on its prohibition of discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived “alienage and citizenship status” and “national origin.” The NYCCHR highlighted...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

Early this year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) resumed the mailing of “No-Match” letters to employers that submit, through a Form W-2, at least one name and Social Security Number that fail to match SSA records. What is a “No-Match”...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

On September 3, 2019, the EEOC published Volume 2 of its Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest) for Fiscal Year 2019. What’s New - Included in the Digest are decisions from the Commission and federal courts involving, among other...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

An information technology (IT) consulting company that develops database and web-based applications, content management, and blockchain technology was fined $48,193 by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage & Hour Division to settle allegations of H-1B...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has informed all employers to continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, released on July 17, 2017, notwithstanding the August 31, 2019, expiration date listed on that form....By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

On August 6, 2019, Acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed into law the New Jersey Wage Theft Act (“WTA”), which amended state wage and hour and wage collection laws. The new law dramatically increases the remedies, damages, penalties, and other...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

In the wake of the new minimum wage law passed earlier this month, eight immigrant workers have filed a lawsuit against Caribbean Car Wash Inc. in Elizabeth, New Jersey (CCW), alleging CCW paid them less than $5 per hour for many years and denied...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased its enforcement actions related to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Occupational Practical Training (STEM OPT) Program. Specifically, ICE’s random site inspections at STEM OPT...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

Earlier this year, the New Jersey Appellate Division addressed the relationship between the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq., and the Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. In Wild v. Carriage...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.