The past year saw many state legislatures and regulatory agencies resume their focus on non-COVID-19-related issues, and New Jersey was no different.

There are several developments from 2022 that New Jersey employers should keep in mind when reviewing and updating their workplace policies and protocols in the new year. For example, by way of highlight and summary, New Jersey’s 2022 employment-related measures included the following:

• The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued updated posters that all New Jersey employers, housing providers, health care providers, and places of public accommodations must display, including a revised New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) poster and New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA) poster (see our previous blog post).
• The state gave New Jersey health care workers new job protections, including continued employment for at least four months following a change in control of their health care entity employer without any reduction in their wages and benefits—such as paid time off, health care, retirement, and education benefits. A “change in control” includes sales, transfers, assignments, mergers, and reorganizations and is deemed to “occur on the date of execution of the document effectuating the change” (see our previous blog post).
• The Legislature acted to revise the effective date for the 2020 amendments to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (the “NJ WARN Act”), which were postponed due to the...

Read Full Story: https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiS2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmpkc3VwcmEuY...