- Posts by Caitlin Dettmer
AssociateCaitlin Dettmer, an associate in Connell Foley’s Labor and Employment Group, assists employers with their day-to-day employment law compliance efforts. Her experience includes negotiating collective bargaining ...
On May 17, 2023, Montana became the first state to fully ban TikTok with Senate Bill 419. Effective January 1, 2024, TikTok will be prohibited from operating within the state. The law cites concerns about users’ privacy, national security concerns due to TikTok’s parent company ByteDance’s affiliation with China, and potentially dangerous content impact on minors.
On March 13, 2023, the New Jersey Legislature approved S297/A493 (the “Act”). The Act takes effect immediately and requires that every public agency and government contractor report cybersecurity incidents to the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness ...
Governor Murphy signed the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights” on February 6, 2023. The legislation expands the rights and protections of temporary workers in New Jersey” while placing a wide range of obligations on staffing agencies and the employers that use them. The ...
Effective November 1, 2022, employers advertising jobs to be performed in New York City must include a good faith salary range for every job, promotion, and transfer opportunity advertised.
The salary transparency provisions of the New York City Human Rights Law apply to all employers that ...
On October 19, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released an updated poster regarding the federal laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. The new “Know Your Rights” poster replaces the former “EEO is the Law” poster and can be obtained and printed ...
As businesses transition back to the office, employers are confronted with a unique scenario: employees seeing one another again in-person, sometimes for the first time in over two years. With this comes a period of acclimation for the workforce. Co-workers must adjust to being in close ...
In the last several weeks, “quiet quitting” trended on TikTok and has crept into the lexicon of more traditional media outlets. What is it and what can employers do about it?
Quiet quitting is a misnomer—employees are not truly quitting. Advocates of quiet quitting say it is a reflection ...
Effective August 1, 2022, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights adopted new and amended regulations regarding the display and distribution of posters required to be provided to employees by employers. Of particular note to employers are the requirements that apply to the Law Against ...
On August 2, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an opinion that examines what it means for a worker to be an independent contractor.
In general, under the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Act, to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor, the facts are to be ...
A common misconception is that the First Amendment protects an employee from adverse employment actions based on something the employee said.
While the First Amendment does protect freedom of speech, the Amendment contains an important qualifier. “Congress shall make no law ...