The start of a new year is a great time for New Jersey employers to review their employee handbooks and policies and consider revisions based on changes in the law or best practices. This GT Alert summarizes some recent legal updates and changes on the horizon to help focus employers as they evaluate the compliance of their policies.
As set forth in a November 2024 GT Alert, New Jersey, like a number of other states, will soon enforce pay transparency requirements and mandate certain job posting disclosures. Effective June 1, 2025, New Jersey employers with 10 or more employees over 20 calendar weeks doing business or taking applications for employment within the state must disclose the hourly wage or annual salary range and general benefit information in all job postings for new positions and transfer opportunities. Covered employers must also post promotion opportunities to the entire affected department, with certain exceptions.
The New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued guidance on existing legal requirements applicable to workers employed with New Jersey companies who reside and work outside the state. The DCR published this update in the wake of recent case law holding that “a court would not apply New Jersey law to a multi-state dispute.” The DCR took the position that “[b]y its terms, the [New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)] does not protect only New Jersey residents. For instance,...
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