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1. The new year brings challenges for people with disabilities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... who work, either as employees or entrepreneurs, ODEP provides policy analysis, technical assistance, development of innovative practices and strategies, and education and outreach to employers, employees, ...

2. N.J. legislative Democrats say they will approve extended unemployment benefits by Jan. 9
(N.J./State)

... future date. The continuation of benefits will incur no costs to New Jersey’s unemployment fund or employers in the state because the federal act provides 100 percent federal funding of the benefits ...

3. Should N.J.'s seasonal beach employees collect unemployment?
(N.J./State)

The argument made by two south Jersey mayors who want to prohibit seasonal workers from collecting unemployment doesn’t hold salt water, said one employer, who insists it won’t save the money supporters ...

4. Barry Bonds and Ryan Braun stories cap off bad week for sports journalists
(Sports/Professional)

... day. Meanwhile Stark's employers, Disney's ESPN, sat on the Bernie Fine accusations for nine years and everything ESPN's "news" division should be under scrutiny but the scribes have no complaints about ...

5. Old Bridge, N.J. couple in apparent murder-suicide had been struggling
(N.J./State)

... Trapp had also filed at least three restraining orders against her husband this year. Around that time Anthony Trapp had sued former employer SG Americas Securities for alleged discrimination. Trapp ...

6. N.J. jobs increase but unemployment rate remains unchanged
(Money/Economy)

... increased by 10,400, while government and school employment decreased by 100 over the month. Since January, New Jersey private sector employers have added 51,700 jobs. “November's brisk pace of hiring ...

7. N.J. bear hunt was warranted and environmentally sound
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to agriculture related businesses. This insensitivity would also extend to financial harm that would befall employers and employees of hotels, camps, and other businesses as a result of lost tourism should ...

8. Ledbetter Act
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... — so why bother working if they're going to be penalized and humiliated for being a woman. If "greedy, profit-obsessed" employers could get away with paying women less than men for the same work, they ...

9. N.J. Assembly Democrats approve their 'Back to Work NJ' legislation 47 to 32
(N.J./State)

... laid off worker to continue receiving unemployment insurance benefits while placed in on-the-job training with an eligible employer for a maximum of 24 hours per week for up to six weeks. The legislation ...

10. N.J. legislative committees to consider sports betting and job creation bills Thursday
(N.J./State)

... receive on-the-job training from potential employers. Oliver said the program has proven effective in Georgia and been included in President Obama’s jobs plan. Christie vetoed a previous version earlier ...

11. N.J. Labor Dept. launches OnRamp search engine on Jobs4Jersey.com
(N.J./State)

... Visitors to Jobs4Jersey.com can use OnRamp to have their skills showcased to possibly thousands of employers and access job opportunities listed on 2,400 websites with one search. Through OnRamp, job-seekers ...

12. Gov. Christie announces initiative to help criminal offenders re-enter N.J. society
(N.J./State)

... practice of employers automatically disqualifying an ex-convict from employment. I hope that Governor Christie will support real and lasting change to prisoner re-entry and rehabilitation programs that ...

13. Democrats' 'Back to Work NJ' legislation approved by Assembly Labor Committee
(N.J./State)

... job skills and make themselves more attractive to potential employers." The legislation is based on the successful Georgia Work$ program. According to the Georgia Department of Labor, 10,589 people ...

14. N.J. gas station owners learn payroll recordkeeping the hard way
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and therefore the employer will be found to owe this employee $50 in additional wages for hours worked past 40 hours. However the same employee if paid $8.75 per hour and $13.12 per hour after 40 hours ...

15. As lameduck period begins, Assembly panel to consider 'Back to Work NJ' job training bill
(N.J./State)

... consider renewed legislation to create the Back to Work NJ job creation program and bills to help employers stave off layoffs, assist local governments repair Hurricane Irene damage, strengthen teen driver ...

16. You have rejoined the 1% masters
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... who rely entirely on their employer and will say exactly what the employer wants. It is disturbing that journalists have abrogated their responsibility to actually write news rather than spout what they ...

17. Gov. Christie calls on Democratic Legislature to act on his proposals as year's end approaches
(N.J./State)

... Reform. Limits right of appeal of disciplinary action taken by employer against certain public employees. * A-2960/S-2043 Concerns collective negotiations for school employees; repeals law prohibiting ...

18. Where Are The JOBs
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I like many unemployed New Jerseyans have been unemployed for over 99 weeks. We have no healthcare and no jobs how is this an improvement? Seems a crack down on ruthless employers might have saved the ...

19. Christie administration loses another round in effort to make N.J. judges pay more for benefits
(N.J./State)

... …. These amounts are not trivial. “Finally, if the decision by this court is overturned, the state is not without a remedy. As the employer, (state) would be entitled to deduct reasonable amounts overtime ...

20. How N.J. benefits from environmental Right to Know laws
(Opinion/Commentary)

... with dangerous substances. Chemicals in schools Using a Right to Know provision requiring employers in our state to inventory chemical use, a researcher with the New Jersey health department found ...