When discussing employment law in 2022, it is important to first consider its fluidity.
“What we’ve said today could change tomorrow,” says Catherine Wells, member and chair of the Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi P.C. Employment Law Group in West Orange.
“Employers need to ensure they remain mindful and updated on all of the changes in the law to remain compliant,” adds Joshua Weiner, partner and co-chair of the Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper P.C. Employment and Labor Law Group in Westfield.
While this article may indeed become a snapshot of its time of publication rather than a dissection of today’s latest developments, in New Jersey and New York in particular, employment and labor laws have been rapidly evolving over the last couple of years.
“It seems like there are new laws and government guidances issued weekly in some cases,” says Marissa Mastroianni, associate in the Cole Schotz Employment, Litigation, and Cannabis practice group in Hackensack.
For example, while numerous government entities at all levels have issued various COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates, their legal statuses are still being litigated in courts.
“Will they survive legal scrutiny in whole or in part – who knows?” Mastroianni says.
That is just one of the reasons why COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements are, without a doubt, the biggest issues on employers’ minds today.
“Some companies say, ‘We don’t want to know; we don’t want to mandate vaccination if we don’t have to,...
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