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On December 19, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed the CROWN Act (“Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act”) into law in New Jersey. The CROWN Act amended the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination in order to emphasize that racial discrimination on the basis of “traits historically associated […]

In an instructive case for New Jersey employers and employees, the Appellate Division in the matter of ADP, LLC v. Kusins, A-664-16T1, recently clarified the standards regarding the use of Restrictive Covenants in employer and employee relationships. The Appellate Division ultimately found that while the restrictive covenants in question were […]

On April 29, 2019, the New Jersey Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Albin, issued a decision in the matters of McClain v. Board of Review, and Blake v. Board of Review, finding that workers who voluntarily leave prior employment, are entitled to unemployment benefits upon accepting a subsequent […]

On March 27, 2019, the Appellate Division ruled in the matter of Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. et al, A-3072-17T3, that the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act does not nullify employers obligations to accommodate medical treatment of a disability through the use of marijuana, and confirmed that […]