July 2014 FBA Labor and Employment Law Third Circuit Update Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq. Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C. Neither the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) nor the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) completely preempts a state statute requiring the payment of prevailing wages to laborers on public works projects. New Jersey Carpenters […]
STEPHEN E. TRIMBOLI’s article, “The Gender Stereotyping Paradox: Are Actions Brought by Gay Employees Under Title VII Viable Claims or Lost Causes?,” was published in the September 2014 edition of The Federal Lawyer, the monthly publication of the Federal Bar Association.
June 2014 FBA Labor and Employment Law Third Circuit Update Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq. Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C. An employer need not demonstrate specific intent to take advantage of the special FLSA overtime exception for public safety employees under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 207(k). And the employer’s established custom and practice under its labor agreement […]
Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C. Congratulations to our former founding Partner, Fredric M. Knapp, on his confirmation and swearing-in as Morris County Prosecutor. His term will last for five years. Mr. Knapp was appointed Morris County Prosecutor by Governor Chris Christie on June 27, 2014. Previously, he was appointed Acting Morris County Prosecutor and Assistant Attorney […]
By Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq. and Jinkal Pujara, Esq. Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C. A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit provides insight into the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as to employees misusing prescription drugs in the workplace. This […]
March 2014 FBA Labor and Employment Law Third Circuit Update Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq. Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C. A State Police “Seizure Protocol,” which bars state troopers from performing full duty until they remain seizure free for a period of five years, is a valid and enforceable qualification standard under federal disability discrimination laws. […]
February 2014 FBA Labor and Employment Law Third Circuit Update Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq. Trimboli & Prusinowski, LLC The U.S. Labor Department’s 2011 regulation governing the calculation of the minimum wage that U.S. employers must offer in order to recruit temporary foreign workers under the H-2B visa program (governing unskilled, non-agricultural foreign laborers) was […]
December 2013 FBA Labor and Employment Law Third Circuit Update Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq. Trimboli & Prusinowski, LLC The NLRB may direct a union to withdraw legal action for money damages against an employer when the union seeks relief that conflicts directly with an existing NLRB determination in a work jurisdiction dispute. Sheet Metal Workers […]
Important PERC Decision on Sheriff’s Investigators Trimboli & Prusinowski, LLC On October 31, 2013, the Public Employment Relations Commission issued an important decision on Sheriff’s Investigators based on a scope of negotiations petition our office filed on behalf of Mercer County Sheriff John Kemler. Sheriff’s Investigators are a special class of law enforcement officers. Unlike […]
NJ Herald Article By JESSICA MASULLI REYES jmasulli@njherald.com NEWTON — Since New Jersey gave the OK to medical marijuana in 2010, employers have had questions: Do we have to provide health insurance coverage for medical marijuana? What if an employee using medical marijuana tests positive on a drug test? Do we have to […]
