News & Insights

Drug Testing in Era of Legalized Cannabis: Do’s and Don’ts for Employers

"Drug testing in era of legalized cannabis: Do’s and Dont's for employers" By: Meghan O'Brien, Esq., ROI-NJ, April 2021 ...read more

Department of Labor’s Final Rule Dramatically Expands the Pool of Employees Eligible for Overtime with Initial Round of Changes Effective on July 1, 2024

On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced long-awaited revisions to overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The most important change will allow many more workers to receive overtime pay because the DOL raised the minimum salary that employees must receive before they can ever be exempt from overtime under the recognized “white collar” exemptions for executives, professionals, and administrative employees. The DOL also finalized its proposed changes to the separate highly compensated employee exemption’s total annual compensation requirement methodologies. The revised earning thresholds will become effective on July 1, 2024, and will increase again, significantly, on January 1, 2025. ...read more

A Five-Figure Paycheck and Six-Figure Annual Compensation is Not Enough to Avoid the FLSA’s Overtime Requirements

The United States Supreme Court issued a recent opinion that highlights the pitfalls employers face if they fail to properly pay their employees who would otherwise be exempt from overtime. The case pointed out the employer’s failure in paying a highly compensated executive employee a daily rate, thereby entitling the employee to overtime, despite him otherwise qualifying for an overtime exemption. ...read more

Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Signed into Law

On Monday, February 6, 2023, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill, A1474, providing a number of far-reaching and new protections for temporary workers, and also imposing new requirements on temporary staffing agencies and their clients. The law is intended to help remedy the effects identified in studies and surveys finding that, generally, temporary workers are particularly vulnerable to abuse of their labor rights. ...read more

Archer Attorneys to Present CCSNJ’s Annual 2024 “HR Bootcamp”

Archer Labor & Employment Law attorneys will present the 2024 Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey’s annual “HR Bootcamp." Program information is as follows:  ...read more

Labor & Employment Seminar

Please join us for a complimentary Labor & Employment Breakfast Seminar. This course will cover the major state and federal laws affecting labor and employment law. ...read more

Archer Attorneys to Present the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey's Annual "HR Boot Camp"

Archer Labor & Employment Law attorneys will present the 2023 Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey's annual "HR Bootcamp". Topics will include complex family leave issues, temporary worker laws, workplace investigations, legally-compliant "silence" agreements, and workplace accomodations for employees with disabilites. ...read more