This month’s legal developments include a key case decided in New Jersey that supports a less stringent application of that state’s ABC test for independent contractor (IC) status. In late April 2025, ...

In May, the state labor market maintained its level from April, with total nonfarm jobs totaling 4.39 million. The New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development released the May jobs report ...

Controversial new rules proposed by the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development pertaining to independent contractor classification has drawn strong pushback from the state’s business ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 3, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“DOL”) filed proposed new rules codifying its interpretation of the statutory ABC test to determine ...

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Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New Jersey dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department ...

Life insurance trade groups are taking their battle to preserve the traditional “independent contractor” definition to New Jersey. That’s where the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development ...

The bureaucrats at the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development are misapplying prevailing wage on businesses where their employees never even step foot on a public job site.” — ...

Three major organizations representing financial advisors and insurance professionals are urging New Jersey regulators to withdraw or revise a proposed rule that would change how independent ...

Schools will soon let out for the summer in New Jersey, and teens will turn their attention to earning a few extra bucks. About 48 percent of people between 16 and 24 in New Jersey have a job, ...

New Jersey is the latest state to sue Amazon over its labor practices, alleging the e-commerce giant is wrongly classifying some of its delivery drivers as independent contractors to deprive them of ...