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Governor Murphy’s recent signature on New Jersey’s law legalizing marijuana for adults ages 21 and older ushers in a new age of employee protection in the Garden State. New Jersey is now the only state in the country that protects employees from being fired, discriminated against, or eliminated as a job candidate just because they …
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Let’s look at how remote work has changed recruiting. If you are anticipating business growth post-pandemic, you may be planning to ramp up your recruiting efforts just about now. As you do, it’s important to think about how COVID-19 has changed the workforce, especially when it comes to employee expectations regarding remote work. According to …
Can businesses require employees to get vaccinated? Now that the supply of COVID-19 vaccine is ramping up, businesses have one more pandemic problem to solve: what, if anything, should they do about employee vaccinations? It’s a question fraught with legal and ethical challenges and because this is all new, and the situation is rapidly evolving, …
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On February 9, 2021 NEMR President Steve Sweeney was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on small business hiring in January. Many small businesses are anticipating a strong recovery once more Americans are vaccinated, so they’ve started bringing employees on board, Steve told reporter Hannah Lang. “We spoke for a good 20 minutes about …
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Employees are nervous. They are worried about their safety as they return to work, according to a recent Harris Poll. It reveals that 67 percent of employees are feeling more stressed due to COVID-19. But their concerns don’t stop there. There are nagging issues like the future of the company and their jobs, how they’ll …
In a time of great uncertainty on so many levels, there is one thing that remains certain; COVID is not going away. We are all working feverishly to ensure that our loved ones and ourselves remain safe and healthy, but have we given the same thought to our workplaces, our employees and our business colleagues? …
The employee relations aspect of returning to work is critical but often overlooked. Here’s what to focus on.