Washington state recently joined several other states in banning almost all non-competition agreements, with New Jersey potentially the next state to pass similar legislation this year.
The Department of Labor recently published a new Proposed Rule that would abandon the Biden-era employee/contractor classification framework adopted in 2024 and restore the approach adopted in the waning days of the first Trump administration.
New Jersey recently adopted sweeping new regulations regarding disparate impact discrimination in employment.
New Jersey has now joined other states that impose strict pay transparency requirements on job listings and opportunities. Read more about what employers need to include in their postings to avoid compliance troubles.
For decades, non-competition agreements that limit a former employee’s ability to work in his or her chosen field have been met with skepticism by judges and legislators in New Jersey, New York, and across the country.
New Jersey may soon expand who qualifies as an employee under proposed NJDOL rules codifying the ABC test. Barry Capp breaks down the new framework, key factors under each prong, and what employers should know as the rules move closer to possible adoption.
By Barry M. Capp Sifting through a mountainous stack of resumes and cover letters, conducting tedious and time-consuming screening interviews, and then more rounds of interviews – such is the life of a company’s hiring manager and anyone else charged with finding the right candidate for an open position. It
By Barry M. Capp and Layne A. Feldman In a unanimous March 17, 2025, opinion, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that earned commissions are “wages,” not “supplementary incentives,” and are therefore covered by the rights and remedies of the state’s Wage Payment Law (WPL). The decision in Musker v.
Ansell.Law is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Practice Group leaders effective immediately. Partner Barry M. Capp leads the Labor & Employment group, Shareholder Anthony J. D’Artiglio heads the Bankruptcy group, and Associate Kelsey M. Barber assumes leadership of the Controlled Substances and Regulatory Law group. As client
By Roy W. Hibbard Of all the many aspects of the employer-employee relationship, few implicate the core interests of both parties and raise as much skepticism and disdain among judges, legislators, and employees as non-competition agreements. Because non-competes restrict the ability of workers to earn a living in their chosen
