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Chrissy Buteas
Chief Government Affairs Officer
NJBIA offers timely information and resources to help New Jersey employers understand and respond to employment and labor laws affecting their businesses. Receive timely updates about changes in laws affecting your business, from payroll taxes and paid leave to the hiring and firing of employees.
Visit our resource area on this website for information specific to Employment & Labor Law. Get advance notice of laws and regulations that can affect your company’s relationship with your employees
If you have questions, please contact Chrissy Buteas at cbuteas@njbia.org.
Committee MeetingsGood morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify today on Senate Bill No. 3920 concerning enhanced enforcement for worker misclassification. My name is Ray Cantor and I am Vice President for Government Affairs with the New Jersey Business and Industry Association. NJBIA is the nation’s largest statewide business association whose members employ about […]
On behalf of our member companies that provide 1 million jobs in the state and make the New Jersey Business & Industry Association the largest statewide business association in the country, we are writing to express our opposition to the proposed committee substitute to Senate Bill No. 3352. This bill concerns sexual harassment and discrimination […]
On behalf of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, the nation’s largest statewide business association whose members employ over one million people in New Jersey, I am testifying in opposition to Senate Bill No. 3414 (Sweeney & Greenstein) and ask that it not be released from committee. While we recognize the potential benefits of […]
On Thursday, the Senate Labor Committee narrowly passed a bill that greatly expands the threshold for bringing litigation for sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. While NJBIA and other groups understand the intent of the legislation – that inappropriate behavior should not be tolerated in the workplace – bill S-3352 (Weinberg, D-37) effectively removes […]
NJBIA testified Monday in support of five bills that would collectively appropriate $100 million in federal funds to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to help microbusinesses, restaurants, childcare centers, nonprofits and cultural institutions struggling under COVID-19 operating restrictions. “These bills target relief to the businesses that have been hurt most over the past year […]
NJBIA testified Wednesday in support of a package of COVID-relief bills before the Assembly Appropriations Committee, including five that would collectively provide $100 million to help microbusinesses, restaurants, childcare centers, nonprofits and cultural institutions. “The number of small businesses open today in New Jersey, compared to pre-pandemic January of 2020, is down 33.9%, and their […]
By joining a NJBIA Policy Committee, you are a member of a select group of members from many different businesses who share a common interest in a particular area of concern.
