Jan 2, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | Bodywork | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Enforcement Bureau | female client | gross negligence | inappropriate | incompetence | License revocation | malpractice | Massage Therapist | permanent revocation | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | rules of professional conduct | sexual misconduct | unwanted sexual contact | verified complaint | Verona | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (“Board”) has permanently revoked the license of an Essex County massage therapist amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact with a female client during a massage session.
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 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 | 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.
