New Jersey Passes New Salary History Ban

By Amanda E. Steinke & James M. McDonnell

August 7, 2019

New Jersey has enacted a new law prohibiting employers from seeking or relying on job applicants’ salary history. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver (acting on behalf of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy) has signed legislation that prohibits employers from requesting or relying on a job applicant’s salary history in hiring and pay-setting decisions. The law will take effect on January 1, 2020. A.B. 1094 comes a year after New Jersey’s passage of the New Jersey Equal…

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Court Holds New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act Will Not Be Applied Retroactively

By James M. McDonnell & Cashida N. Okeke

February 21, 2019

The Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (NJEPA) does not apply retroactively to conduct occurring before its effective date, July 1, 2018, a federal district court has ruled. Perrotto v. Morgan Advanced Materials, 2:18-cv-13825-WJM-MF (D. N.J. Jan. 14, 2019). The court granted the employer’s motion to dismiss. The NJEPA provides enhanced equal pay protections for New Jersey employees. It is considered one of the most expansive and aggressive pay equity bills enacted to date, providing a…

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New Jersey Becomes Latest State to Enact a $15 Minimum Wage Law

By Jeffrey J. Corradino, James M. McDonnell & David G. Islinger

February 5, 2019

With its governor’s signature yesterday, New Jersey became the latest – and the third largest – state to pass a $15.00 per hour minimum wage bill. The only states with larger populations than New Jersey passing such $15 minimum wage bills are California and New York, which enacted similar laws in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Under the New Jersey law, the state’s current minimum wage of $8.85 per hour will rise to $10.00 per hour on…

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New Jersey Issues Equal Pay Data Reporting Instructions and Forms

By F. Christopher Chrisbens, James M. McDonnell & Jackson Lewis P.C.

August 7, 2018

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has issued two reporting forms for the new Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act: Contracts for Qualifying Services and Contracts for Public Works. To assist contractors with filing the forms, the state also has issued Instructions. The Equal Pay Act went into effect on July 1, 2018. Among many provisions, the Act requires pay data reporting by employers that provide services to New…

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New Jersey Governor Signs Equal Pay Bill

By James M. McDonnell & Jackson Lewis P.C.

April 25, 2018

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act into law on April 24, 2018. The Act will take effect on July 1, 2018. The new law contains sweeping changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), including a prohibition against discrimination with respect to compensation or financial terms of employment, a six-year statute of limitations, and treble damages for violators. For details of the Act, see our article, Double …

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NJ Governor Poised to Enact Equal Pay Act

By James M. McDonnell & Jackson Lewis P.C.

April 17, 2018

On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy plans to sign the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (the “Act”) into law. Senate Bill S-104, reintroduced in this legislative session, contains sweeping changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), including, among other items, a prohibition against discrimination with respect to compensation or financial terms of employment on the basis of a protected trait, a six-year statute of limitations, and treble damages against…

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New Jersey Passes New Salary History Ban

Court Holds New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act Will Not Be Applied Retroactively

New Jersey Becomes Latest State to Enact a $15 Minimum Wage Law

New Jersey Issues Equal Pay Data Reporting Instructions and Forms

New Jersey Governor Signs Equal Pay Bill

NJ Governor Poised to Enact Equal Pay Act

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