Dec 17, 2024 | Division of Law | employees | exploitation of workers | Failing to maintain and provide records | Failing to pay wages due to employees | Failing to provide employees earned sick leave | Hindering the NJDOL in its investigation | Illegally requesting job applicants’ criminal history | Independent Contractors | Misclassification of workers | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) | newspaper delivery firm | NJ Labor Law | NJ Penn | Settlement | Withholding or diverting employee wages | workers' rights and benefits | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
NJ Penn Employees Illegally Classified as Independent Contractors For Immediate Release: December 17, 2024 Office of the Attorney General– Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Law– Michael C. Walters, Acting DirectorNew Jersey Department of Labor &...
Dec 17, 2024 | accomodations | adjustments to quotas | assistance with manual labor | bathroom breaks | breastfeeding | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | employees | employers | Guidance | health care appointments | hydration breaks | job restructuring | lactating | LAD | milk expression breaks | minimum reasonable accomodations | modifications to eating and drinking policies | modifications to uniforms or dress codes | modified work schedules | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | New Jersey Pregnanat Workers Fairness Act | pain and discomfort | periodic rest | postpartum | pregnant | production standards | protections against discrimination | remote work | workstation modifications | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Standing Up for Reproductive Rights
Guidance document clarifies workplace protections for pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding, and lactating employees in New Jersey For Immediate Release: December 17, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision on Civil Rights-...
Dec 17, 2024 | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Consumer Protection | Division of Law | Environmental Justice | NJ CARES | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that civil enforcement efforts in 2023 brought in nearly $596 million through recoveries resulting from lawsuits and investigations, nearly 37% higher than in 2022.
Dec 16, 2024 | Corrections Officers | Death in Custody | Fatal Police Encounter | Inmate | Investigation | Newark | Northern State Prison | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating the death in custody of an inmate, who had been incarcerated at Northern State Prison in Newark, following an encounter with correctional police officers on December 3, 2024.
Dec 6, 2024 | 130 law enforcement agencies | crackdown | Division of Highway Traffic Safety | Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over | Funding | Grantee List | high-visibility sobriety checkpoints | Holiday Season | HTS | Impaired Driving | Nationwide Campaign to Promote Safer Roadways | saturation patrols | Division of Highway Traffic Safety | Highway Safety | Press Release
With the winter holidays fast approaching, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety (“HTS”) announced the kick-off of a statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement crackdown on impaired driving.