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—Overview— On Feb. 4, 2019, Gov. Phil Murphy signed A-15, which set New Jersey on the path to raise the minimum wage in increments to $15 an hour by 2024. The law raised the minimum wage to $10 per hour on July 1, 2019 and then to $11 per hour on Jan. 1, 2020. Currently, […]
COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Rebuttable Presumption Law Background All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories have Workers’ Compensation laws. Workers’ compensation provides wage replacement, medical treatment, and survivor benefits in the event a worker experiences a job-related accident or illness. In return, with some exceptions, both the employer and the employee give […]
Estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show total nonfarm wage and salary employment in New Jersey increased by 60,200 in September to a seasonally adjusted level of 3.87 million. Gains were recorded in both the private (+42,600) and public (+17,600) sectors of the state’s economy. New Jersey has now regained a total of […]
Good afternoon! My name is Christopher Emigholz, and I am the Vice President of Government Affairs for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) covering tax, budget and economic development issues. On behalf of our member companies that provide 1 million jobs in our State and make NJBIA the largest statewide business association in […]
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) received 22,703* new unemployment claims last week, a 12.5 percent increase over the week prior. For the week ending Sept. 5, NJDOL paid out $298.8 million to eligible claimants. To date, a total of $14.9 billion in federal and state benefits has been distributed to New Jersey workers since mid-March. Since […]
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