Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey's personal injury protection (PIP) benefits
Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey's personal injury protection (PIP) benefits
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Employers Beware – New Jersey Is Signaling That the State Is Ready for Enforcement of Its New Worker Misclassification Laws Monday, July 12, 2021
On July 8, 2021, Governor Murphy signed four bills regarding worker misclassification, increasing penalties and enforcement against businesses that misclassify workers as independent contractors. These laws amend and expand upon the worker misclassification laws previously enacted in January 2020, which we addressed in our prior alert (the “January 2020 Laws”). The January 2020 Laws enhanced liability for managers, making them jointly and severally liable for wage violations, and made posting violations and retaliation for misclassification complaints a disorderly persons offense. Further, these laws created new administrative requirements, permitted “stop-work orders,” provided back pay to improperly classified workers of up to 5% of their prior year’s gross earnings, and increased fines to $250 per e