On July 10, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed new legislation amending New York’s Equal Pay Law. Proposed by Democratic Senators Alessandra Biaggi and David Carlucci, the primary purpose of the legislation is to expand equal pay protections,...By: Genova Burns LLC
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The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development earlier this month released the report of the Governor’s Task Force on Employee Misclassification. The Governor’s Task Force was assembled over one year ago to make recommendations on how...By: Genova Burns LLC
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An employee does not have to demonstrate that she suffered an adverse employment action to prevail on a failure to accommodate claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), the Appellate Division ruled last month in Richter v....By: Genova Burns LLC
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On June 4 and June 5, 2019, two different Appellate Division panels issued opinions discussing the enforceability of arbitration agreements signed by pharmaceutical delivery drivers who claimed the defendants violated New Jersey’s Wage and Hour and...By: Genova Burns LLC
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On June 26, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Mahmoud Latif v. Morgan Stanley, et. al., held that § 7515 of the New York Civil Practice Law & Rules, which prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses in sexual...By: Genova Burns LLC
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On May 23, 2019, the New Jersey District Court in Kunal Shah v. Meditab Software, Inc. refused to dismiss the retaliation claim of a software company’s former Chief Executive Officer, even though he notified the company of his intent to resign months...By: Genova Burns LLC
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