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Richard Steven Swartz
Cherry Hill Employment / Labor Attorney.
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New Jersey Employment Law - Interplay Between Family Medical Leave Act and the NJ Family Leave Act

Written by attorney Richard Swartz, 6 months ago.

The discussion herein assumes that the employee works for an employer covered by both the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") and the New Jersey Family Leave Act ("NJFLA"), and that the employee is an "eligible employee" under both the FMLA and the NJFLA. There are many...

Must I be paid for OT worked but not authorized?

Written by attorney Richard Swartz, 7 months ago.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), "non-exempt" employees (i.e., employees who are not exempt from the overtime requirements of the FLSA) are entitled to be compensated at the rate of 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for each and every hour worked in excess of 40 in ...