New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal addresses the media as he announces the Immigration Trust Directive, at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal at Liberty State Park in November 2018. Photo: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect
The attorney general of New Jersey announced Tuesday that the state has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Jackson Township for discrimination against its Jewish community.
The complaint, filed by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and the Division on Civil Rights in state Superior Court in Ocean County, names Jackson Township, the Jackson Township Council, the Jackson Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Jackson Township Planning Board, and Mayor Michael Reina as defendants.
Federal
Recommended. Employers should consider conducting daily in-person or virtual health checks (e.g., symptom and temperature screening) of employees before they enter the facility, in accordance with state and local public health authorities and occupational health services.
Recommended. Employers should consider conducting daily in-person or virtual health checks (e.g., symptom and temperature screening) of employees before they enter the facility, in accordance with state and local public health authorities and occupational health services.
Alabama
Recommended. Best practice : employers should take temperatures onsite with a no-touch thermometer each day upon a person’s arrival at work. Minimum practice : an employee may take his or her temperature before arriving. In either case, a normal temperature does not exceed 100.4F.
Federal
Recommended. Employers should consider conducting daily in-person or virtual health checks (e.g., symptom and temperature screening) of employees before they enter the facility, in accordance with state and local public health authorities and occupational health services.
Recommended. Employers should consider conducting daily in-person or virtual health checks (e.g., symptom and temperature screening) of employees before they enter the facility, in accordance with state and local public health authorities and occupational health services.
Alabama
Recommended. Best practice : employers should take temperatures onsite with a no-touch thermometer each day upon a person’s arrival at work. Minimum practice : an employee may take his or her temperature before arriving. In either case, a normal temperature does not exceed 100.4F.
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Expansion of protections to additional classifications of individuals or workers (
e.g., independent contractors, interns, and domestic service workers);
Codification of harassment and perceived disability as claims; and
Elimination or limitation of previously available defenses.
The bill also includes a section on discoverability of prior complaints of harassment or other unlawful discriminatory practices during litigation.
While the bill is in the Senate Labor Committee, Governor Phil Murphy has announced his own plan to overhaul the NJLAD as part of his commitment “to bring sweeping changes to New Jersey’s workplace culture.” Accordingly, businesses in the state can expect amendments to the NJLAD in one form or another.