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 2, 2024 | Alleged Predatory Sexual Misconduct | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | enforcement action | Mercer County OB-GYN | Predatory Sexual Misconduct | State Medical Board | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) temporarily suspended the license of a Mercer County obstetrician and gynecologist after finding credible evidence he baselessly sexually exploited two patients under the cloak of providing routine medical care.
Nov 22, 2024 | Defrauded Investor | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | enforcement action | Job Placement and Recruiting Start-Up Company | NJ Bureau of Securities | Bureau of Securities | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the New Jersey Bureau of Securities within the Division of Consumer Affairs has filed a civil enforcement action against a Bergen County man and an associate who defrauded at least one New Jersey investor in an investment scheme tied to a job recruiting software service they were purportedly trying to grow.
Nov 14, 2024 | bipartisan legislation | Burglary Laws | cross-jurisdictional burglary suspects | Department of Law and Public Safety | deter | Division of Criminal Justice | Home Invasions | information sharing | investigate and prosecute | Law Enforcement Leaders | Newark | NJPBA | NJSACOP | Residential Burglaries | Statewide Burglary Task Force | Strategy Meeting | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Division of Criminal Justice | Gun Violence | Policing Policy | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Tackling Auto Theft | Violence Intervention
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin held a meeting in Newark with law enforcement leaders from across the state to discuss how officers and prosecutors can best use the newly enacted laws that heighten criminal penalties for residential burglaries.
