By Leonard Sciolla, LLP | Published July 29, 2021 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on New Jersey and Philadelphia Rules for Marijuana Screening of Employees
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As society changes its views on marijuana, employers in the Delaware Valley and across the country need to adopt new policies regarding how they handle employees who use the substance. Both New Jersey and Philadelphia are making that happen. New Jersey enacted the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (the NJ Read More
Read MoreBy now we’ve all heard of some of the perks associated with getting the COVID-19 vaccine: free donuts, French fries and lottery tickets. Even the White House is teaming up with Anheuser-Busch to “buy America’s next round of beer” when 70% of the U.S. adult population has been vaccinated. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has Read More
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Read MoreMayor Jim Kenney presented his proposed budget for 2022 to the Philadelphia City Counsel on April 15. The Covid-19 Pandemic caused a $750 million shortfall for last year’s budget and caused the Mayor’s Office to redo the budget it proposed just before the Pandemic began to affect Philadelphia. This year’s budget shortfall was anticipated to Read More
Read MoreVaccination rates have slowed in the past few weeks. America is averaging about three million vaccinations per day after reaching over 4.5 million doses a day in early April. Time off and financial restraints have become a sticking point for many individuals who have yet to receive their first dose. In response, President Biden put Read More
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Read MoreCOBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is the federal law which permits employees (and their dependents) who lose health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits in certain situations. Among those circumstances are voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours worked, a transition between jobs, and other Read More
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Read MoreAmong the many new “normals’ resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is the number of employees working remotely. But while the workplace dynamic may have changed, the workplace rules have not. In addition to dealing with the new complicated extra requirements and restrictions in place to protect all of us, employers must remember to comply with Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey instituted new Covid-19 requirements for businesses and the State over the past week in order in order to stem the fall surge in Coronavirus cases. On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 192 Protect New Jersey’s Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic (the “Executive Order”), and the New Jersey State Read More
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