July 19, 2024
The State of New Jersey called a federal court's attention to a recent Third Circuit decision holding that the bar for issuing preliminary injunctions should be higher, saying the ruling supports its argument opposing a business community request to block a state law regulating protections for temporary workers.
July 08, 2024
The State of New Jersey urged a federal judge to keep in place the equal benefits provision of its law codifying protections for temporary workers, arguing it is not superseded by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because employers can satisfy the state law without altering ERISA plans.
June 07, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge ordered the state Friday to show why a new law broadening protections for temporary workers should stay in place, after a group of business associations raised new arguments that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts the law.
May 22, 2024
A group of New Jersey business associations filed an amended challenge to a state law expanding protections for temporary workers, saying the law is superseded by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and asking a federal court for an indication that it would block the state law on remand.
August 14, 2023
Business associations representing the staffing industry can't halt a new law strengthening protections for temporary workers while the organizations challenge a ruling denying them an injunction, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Monday, saying the court already rejected their arguments.
July 27, 2023
A New Jersey federal judge won't block implementation of a law that strengthens protections for temporary workers, ruling that a staffing industry group was unlikely to prove that the law is unconstitutional.
July 24, 2023
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development unveiled proposed regulations to implement the state's new Temporary Workers Bill of Rights, telling a New Jersey federal court that the law is not vague and should stand.