Tangible benefits produced by "amateur" college athletes to identifiable institutions, ie. NCAA Colleges are held to deserve compe...

In its second strategic enforcement initiative, focusing on the drywall industry, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Developme...

The State of New Jersey is strictly enforcing laws that mandate a worker's employment status be properly reported and that employers pro...

Workers’ compensation claims may be pursued against two companies if there is found to be joint employment. While case law defines employmen...

In the three years since Governor Murphy signed a law expanding NJDOL’s powers to stop work on a job site when there is strong evidence work...

The NJ Appellate Division ruled that the members of a Limited Liability Corporation had an affirmative responsibility to elect workers' ...

Building on his commitment to making sure that workers and employers in New Jersey are treated fairly, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a f...

In response to a report issued by Governor Murphy’s Task Force on Employee Misclassification, the New Jersey Department of the Treasury has ...

The NJ Supreme Court is deliberating on the issue of whether an an employee should receive workers’ compensation if an injured occurred at a...

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposed rule clarifying the definition of employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a Division I college football player’s claim that he was an empl...

Governor Phil Murphy today released a comprehensive report from the Task Force on Employee Misclassification, vowing to intensify efforts to...

Today's guest author is  Jon Rehm, Esq . of the Nebraska bar. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) published an opinion letter...

Who an employee works for is determined by whether an employer may control the employee and not the exercise of the right. A NJ Appellate C...

A New Jersey appellate court held that a taxi cab driver should be considered employee under both the "right to control test" and...

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the U.S Department of Labor pledged a historic new level of cooperation ...

A municipal police officer who was hired by a contractor to direct traffic at a construction site was determined to be a “special employee”...

The application of the common-law standard to determine employment status may no longer be relevant in the age of the gig economy. The NJ Ap...

Todays' post is shared from the NYTimes.com Punctuating a string of Obama-era moves to shore up labor rights and expand protections...

The changing economy presents both new concepts and new challenges. Over 60% of today's children will be employed in jobs that don...