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 | DCR Gender | DD-CivilRights | DD-ReproductiveFreedom | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Standing Up for Reproductive Rights
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance today to clarify the comprehensive anti-discrimination protections available under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)
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 16, 2024 | Division of Gaming Enforcement | Press Release
Today the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced the September 2023 total gaming revenue results.
Dec 12, 2024 | State Police | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. and Glock Ges.m.b.H. (together, “Glock”) seeking relief for multiple violations of the State’s firearms industry public safety law through the knowing manufacture, sale, and distribution of its namesake pistols, which can easily be configured to fire automatically as illegal machine guns, using an inexpensive device commonly known as a “Glock switch.”
Dec 12, 2024 | Combatting Gun Violence | common-sense gun safety laws | multi-state coalition | nj leading partnership | DD-GunSafety | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that 16 Attorneys General have formed a multistate coalition to hold irresponsible firearms industry members accountable for their devastating impact on gun violence.
