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07/14/21
Jon L. Gelman
Building on his commitment to making sure that workers and employers in New Jersey are treated fairly, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a four-bill legislative package furthering state efforts to stop employee misclassification.
Misclassification is the practice of illegally and improperly classifying employees as independent contractors. This practice deprives workers of the right to earn minimum wage and overtime, workers compensation, unemployment, earned sick leave, job-protected family leave, temporary disability, and equal pay, and leaves them unprotected against discrimination. It also hurts the vast majority of employers who play by the rules, by putting them at a competitive disadvantage against those who flout the law.
Worker classification legislation makes its way to Murphy njbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from njbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Senate considers limits on invasive exams of unconscious patients
TRENTON – Legislation has been endorsed by the Senate health committee that would prohibit health care practitioners from performing invasive examinations of an unconscious patient without informed written consent.
The bill, S1771, would “put the patient back in control over what is happening to their body during such a vulnerable moment,” said its sponsor, Sen. Fred Madden, D-Gloucester.
“Currently many medical students are taught how to conduct pelvic exams using the bodies of anesthetized and unconscious patients. It’s an educational tool. But the patient doesn’t even know this is going to take place,” Madden said.
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