Jan 7, 2025 | Antitrust Litigation Competition Enforcement Assistant Section | Building Services Companies | competitive labor market | Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) | Guardian Service Industries | improved wages and benefits | Inc. (“Guardian”) | Inc. (“Planned”) | limitation of competition | New York | No-Poach Agreements | Planned Building Services | residential and commercial buildings | restriction of employment opportunities | Settlements | Suppression of wages | Workers' Rights | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced settlements with Guardian Service Industries, Inc. (“Guardian”), and Planned Building Services, Inc. (“Planned”), as well as Planned’s affiliated companies, concerning the use of illegal no-poach agreements.
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 &...
Nov 13, 2024 | Amicus Brief | anticompetitive and antiworker measures | Barring Noncompete Agreements | Bethesda | California | Camden | Colorado | depress worker wages | distorted labor markets | District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb | Federal Trade Commission | FTC | grow careers | healthcare industry | Illinois | legal hurdles for employees | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate brief | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | noncompete ban | Noncompete Cause Rule | noncompete clauses | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | the District of Columbia | U.S. Court of Appeals | undermine economic innovation and growth | Vermont | Washington | Consumer Protection | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb led a multistate brief supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule to eliminate noncompete clauses in employment contracts nationwide.
Jul 11, 2024 | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo today jointly announced an agreement with Horseless Carriage Carrier, Inc., a Paterson-based transporter of luxury cars, concerning violations of New Jersey labor laws resulting from the company misclassifying its employee drivers as independent contractors, taking unlawful deductions from their pay, and recordkeeping violations.
Jul 2, 2024 | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Press Release
The “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights” is effective as of July 1, 2024, and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has outlined the provisions of this law on its website, serving as a resource for both domestic workers and their employers.
