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As we are already a few weeks into the new year, now is a good time for employers to review their employee handbooks and policies to ensure compliance with the following changes in New Jersey employment law or best practices.<\/p>\n

The Pay Transparency Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effective June 1, 2025, New Jersey employers with ten (10) or more employees over twenty (20) calendar weeks doing business or taking applications for employment in the State of New Jersey must disclose \u201cthe hourly wage or salary, or a range of the hourly wage or salary, and a listing of benefits and other compensation programs for which the employee would be eligible within the employee\u2019s first 12 months of employment.\u201d Notably, this requirement does not prohibit an employer from increasing the wages, benefits, and compensation identified in the job posting at the time of making an offer for employment to an applicant.<\/p>\n

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As we are already a few weeks into the new year, now is a good time for employers to review their employee handbooks and policies to ensure compliance with the following changes in New Jersey employment law or best practices. The Pay Transparency Act Effective June 1, 2025, New Jersey employers with ten (10) or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,247,291],"tags":[],"coauthors":[296],"class_list":["post-5726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-labor-employment-insights","category-gingeleskie"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Jersey Employment Law: What to Expect in 2025 — February 13, 2025 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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