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Understanding New Jersey Age-30 Continuation Coverage
As of May 12, 2006, New Jersey PL 2005, C. 375 ("Chapter 375") gives certain adults under the age of 30 the option to continue coverage as a dependent on their parent's group health coverage. Because this law appears, on its face, to change the definition of "dependent" for group health plans in...
Read MoreCalifornia - Law Firms Navigating Through California's Unique Employment And Labor Laws David F. Faustman Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman, P.C.
Editor: How has your practice grown since opening the firm's California offices a little over two years ago? Faustman: When we opened our offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we had one lawyer - me. Now we have seven lawyers and two paralegals split between the two offices. As our practice...
Read MoreAmerica's Trucking Industry Employers Must Start Thinking "Outside The Box:" Why A Largely Untapped Female Labor Pool May Be Key To Easing This Country's Truck Driver Shortage
During World War II, many believed that "Rosie the Riveter" came to the rescue of America's worker-short factories. Now, it may be that "Trudy the Trucker" is a key to help bail out the nation's driver-starved trucking industry. Trucking is reeling from a driver shortage that, experts say, could...
Read MoreInternational Law & Trade - Law Firms Corporate Immigration Law: A Practice Area At The Center Of Globalization
Editor: Ms. Bahal, will you tell our readers something about your professional background and experience? Bahal: I have been a corporate immigration attorney for about nine years. My focus has been on the business or employment side of the immigration equation throughout my career. My law degree...
Read MoreIt's Time To Review Your Company's Work Rules: National Labor Relations Board Holds That Union-Free And Unionized Employers Cannot Prohibit Employees From Having "Negative Conversations" About Their Managers
Many "union-free" employers fail to pay attention to the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), the federal law that gives employees the right to engage in concerted activity (e.g., join a union). To these employers, the NLRA is of little significance because their employees are not presently...
Read MoreHow Far Must Employers Go To Accommodate Their Employees' Religious Beliefs, Practices and Observances?
Recent headlines splashed across The Washington Post, The New York Times and Time Magazine - "Pharmacists' Rights at Front Of New Debate, Because of Beliefs, Some Refuse To Fill Birth Control Prescriptions," "Frist Set to Use Religious Stage on Judicial Issue," "Lessons of the Schiavo Battle: What...
Read MoreThe Summary Jury Trial: An Alternative To The Traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution Process
Introduction: When considering dispute resolution processes, arbitration and mediation are traditionally considered to be the favored avenues. However, they are not generally successful if the parties have a significant difference of opinion over how a jury will value a case. This is because...
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