Marianne Tolomeo, a partner in Connell Foley’s Labor and Employment Group, was quoted in the Law360 article titled “NJ Justices' Unemployment Ruling Invites Changes To Law.” The article, published February 15, 2018, discusses a recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision denying unemployment benefits to a nurse who never informed her employer she was leaving due to medical reasons. The case has ignited a discussion on whether unemployment compensation laws should be changed to require workers to notify their employers of conditions prior to seeking employment elsewhere, to allow the employer an opportunity to try to make suitable accommodations.
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