Category: New Jersey
Enforcing An Arbitration Agreement When The Federal Arbitration Act Does Not Apply
From Lexology, Jed L. Marcus discusses two New Jersey cases which focused on whether arbitration agreements could…
Arbitration Agreement For Company’s Transport Workers Enforceable Under New Jersey Law, Court Rules
From JDSupra, Joshua Allen, Carlyle Edwards-Balfour, and James McDonnell discuss a recent case in which transportation workers in…
Second Favorable Ruling for Insurance Companies on Independent Contractor Misclassification
From JDSupra, Alan Levin and Richard Reibstein discuss the decision that an insurance agent was an independent…
Northwestern Mutual Passes ‘ABC Test,’ Defeats Suit Claiming Agents Were Misclassified
From the New Jersey Law Journal, P.J. D’Annunzio discusses a case in which the court said that an…
New Jersey ABC Test: Third Circuit Decides It Isn’t Preempted by Federal Law
From The National Law Review, Michael D. Thompson discusses the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the Federal…
Third Circuit Rules That FAAAA Does Not Preempt New Jersey’s ABC Test for Determining Independent Contractor Status
From JDSupra, Alexander Chemers and Ryan T. Warden report that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Aviation…
Appellate Division Rules Independent Contractor Agreements Signed by Driver’s Corporation Not Bullet Proof Against Class Action Overtime and Wage Deduction Claims
From JDSupra, Patrick McGovern discusses a New Jersey case in which an appellate court allowed a misclassification…
Two State Courts Reject Arbitration Because Clause Lacked Administrator
From Lexology, Liz Kramer discusses recent cases in Missouri and New Jersey in which the court…
New Jersey Court Rules That Arbitration Agreements Must Address The Forum For Arbitration
From JDSupra, Rachel Mongiello reports on a recent case in New Jersey in which the court would not…
N.J. sick leave law alters criteria for contractor status
From CCJDigital.com, Jill Dunn reports that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development proposes making the ABC…
New Jersey unemployment tax owner-operator exemption gutted: What’s the fallout?
From FreightWaves, Chad Prevost discusses changes to the regulations issued by the New Jersey Department of Labor and…
New Jersey’s Department Of Labor And Workforce Development Teams Up With USDOL To Combat Employee Misclassification
From JDSupra, Jason Silver and Howard Wexler report on the cooperation agreement signed by the United States…
