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  • FLSA Overtime Salary Amendments

    by Trimprulaw June 5, 2024

    FLSA Overtime Salary Amendments
     

    The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced an increase in the minimum salary thresholds required to categorize employees as overtime exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, business owners must pay overtime compensation at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for any hours worked over […]

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  • INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS VS. EMPLOYEE? THE APPELLATE COURT’S TAKE ON IT.

    by Trimprulaw February 21, 2024

    INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS VS. EMPLOYEE? THE APPELLATE COURT’S TAKE ON IT.
     

    In a long-awaited decision, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled in favor of Jim Prusinowski’s client, JerseyShore Reporting, that court reporters working in New Jersey through a court reporting agency, are exempt from contributing to unemployment taxes because they are not employees. Since 2013 the New Jersey Department of Labor has claimed that a court […]

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  • UPDATE: REVISED EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS IN PROPOSED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LAW

    by admin December 4, 2020

    UPDATE: REVISED EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS IN PROPOSED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LAW
     

    I previously reported on the employment-related provisions of the recreational marijuana bills introduced in the State Assembly and State Senate on November 5, 2020.

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  • UPDATE: EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS IN PROPOSED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LAW

    by admin December 1, 2020

    UPDATE: EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS IN PROPOSED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LAW
     

    On November 3, 2020, New Jersey voters approved a constitutional amendment that would legalize a controlled form of marijuana, known as “cannabis,” for purchase and use by adults at least 21 years of age.

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  • Marijuana Legalization – What Is About to Change?

    by admin November 9, 2020

    Marijuana Legalization – What Is About to Change?
     

    New Jersey voters approved a constitutional amendment that would legalize a controlled form of marijuana, known as “cannabis,” for purchase and use by adults at least 21 years of age.

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  • A Big Win for Trimboli & Prusinowski in the Independent Contractor vs. Employee Debate, But the Case is Not Over Yet

    by admin October 22, 2020

    A Big Win for Trimboli & Prusinowski in the Independent Contractor vs. Employee Debate, But the Case is Not Over Yet
     

    October 16, 2020 The question of whether certain workers are independent contractors or employees in today’s gig economy is, without doubt, a hot topic.  Indeed, it was recently reported that Uber and Lyft are spending $100 million on a California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that classifies drivers as employees. Well, in New […]

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