On June 30, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill (S2105) extending the effective date of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act to October 1, 2010. As reported in the February 2010 issue of the New Jersey eAuthority, absent this extension, the Act would otherwise have been effective on July 1, 2010.
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On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision regarding the employment status of unpaid interns that should prove helpful to employers. In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., Nos. 13-4478 and 13-4481, the Second Circuit overturned a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which had granted partial summary judgment holding that two unpaid interns were employees subject to the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York Labor Law (NYLL). The lower court also granted class and conditional collective action certification of putative classes of unpaid interns.
The continuing spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the United States has caused employers to consider implementing contingency plans to help curb the spread of the disease and protect their workforces. Many companies are now restricting nonessential travel outside of the United States. Companies are also increasingly instructing their employees to work from home.
