On September 14, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S-2380, making it easier for “essential employees” who contract COVID-19 while working away from home to pursue workers’ compensation benefits claims.
The new law is retroactive to March 9, 2020, when Governor Murphy ...
On August 3, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that certain aspects of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Final Rule were invalid. As a result, on September 11, 2020, the USDOL issued a revised Final ...
On September 8, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published a notice indicating that all State and local approvals eligible for extension under the Permit Extension Act of 2020 (the Act) — not just eligible NJDEP approvals—must be registered with ...
On August 28, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance on President Trump’s payroll tax deferral program. The program, announced in an August 8, 2020 Executive Order, began on September 1, 2020 and permits employers not to withhold and pay a qualified employee’s ...
