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Alexis Bailey
Director of Government Affairs
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 Alexis Bailey at abailey@njbia.org
Committee MeetingsOn behalf of our member companies that make NJBIA the largest statewide business association in the nation, I write to you in opposition to Assembly Bill No. 822 which creates the “New Jersey Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights Act.” We have several concerns with how this legislation will impact critical professions such as home health […]
On behalf of our member companies that make NJBIA the largest business association in the state, I write to you in opposition of Assembly Bill No. 1474 which seeks to create additional protection and transparency for temporary laborers. However, this legislation contains several concerning and unworkable provisions that will negatively impact third-party companies utilizing the […]
On behalf of our member companies that make NJBIA the largest business association in the state, I write to you in opposition of Senate Bill No. 511 which seeks to create additional protection and transparency for temporary laborers. However, this legislation contains several concerning provisions that will negatively impact third-party companies utilizing the services of […]
Please find an update here outlining employment and labor bills that moved through the Legislature last month and legislation we are monitoring for the fall. We hope you can join us on Tuesday, Aug. 9 for our hybrid Employment and Labor Law Policy Committee meeting. Guest speakers will be announced shortly. To register for this meeting, click here. […]
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 […]
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.