Nonprofits should note that New Jersey’s minimum hourly wage will increase on January 1, 2020, to $11.00 for employees of large employers and $10.30 for employees of small and seasonal employers. Also, with the end of 2019 fast approaching, Pro Bono Partnership wants to remind...
In the past few months, New York has made several changes to laws intended to prevent harassment and discrimination in the workplace. These changes come on the heels of last year’s law that required New York employers to expand their sexual harassment prevention policies and...
Christine McInerney, Deputy General Counsel at The Nature’s Bounty Co., began volunteering with Pro Bono Partnership (PBP) in 2018, soon after the PBP Long Island office opened. Christine also serves on the PBP Long Island Advisory Committee, playing a key role in the strategic growth and...
On May 28, 2019, Governor Lamont signed into law Public Act 19-4: An Act Increasing the Minimum Fair Wage. This Act provides, in part, for the gradual increase of the State’s minimum wage from the current rate of $10.10 per hour to $15.00 per hour by...
Epstein Becker & Green (EBG) has been an invaluable Pro Bono Partnership partner for over a decade. EBG attorneys have assisted our nonprofit clients in all of our geographic service areas (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut). EBG’s counsel on a diverse range of issues...
Jeff Gruen, Legal Director for Labor & Employment Practices at Merck & Co., Inc., began volunteering with Pro Bono Partnership in 2017 and has already assisted seven nonprofits with critical employment issues. Jeff has been a tremendous resource for our nonprofits seeking guidance on New...
Westchester County Enacts Safe Leave Law Providing Paid Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Westchester County, New York has enacted a new law called the “Safe Time Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking” or the “Safe Time Leave Law.” The...
Rachel Lieberman, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Labor, Employment & Benefits at Synchrony Financial, is one of our most dedicated and consistent volunteers, having assisted 24 PBP clients on 50 matters since she began volunteering in 2001. Pro Bono Partnership is so appreciative of...
In May 2019, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDLWD) proposed rules that would implement a 2010 law that granted the agency the power to order the suspension or revocation of an employer’s licenses to do business in New Jersey under certain...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law amendments to the landmark 1971 law that imposes a mandatory obligation on any person who has reasonable cause to believe that an act of child abuse has been committed to immediately report the abuse to the New Jersey...