Employee Misclassification: When Your Boss Labels You as the Wrong Kind of Worker, it Will Cost You Bigtime!!

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New Jersey law requires employers to classify workers as employees for certain reasons:  tax withholdings, employee benefits, Workers’ Comp insurance, Unemployment Insurance Benefits, paid sick leave, temporary disability coverage, and Social Security Disability benefits.  Some employers, not wanting to pay into these programs, purposely play unlawful and dangerous games with their workers and the government. …

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What is Reasonable Parenting Time in NJ?

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Parenting time is an all-purpose label for when divorced or separated parents spend time with their kids. Whether it’s reasonable depends on the facts, yet it’s the best interests of children that reign supreme. The term “visitation” was used in the old NJ statutes. It described a parent’s status when they didn’t have legal custody…

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“As a Transgender Person, May I Adopt a Child in NJ?”

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Trans (or not) has no bearing on your ability or right to adopt a child in New Jersey. Some states show an overt bias against transgender Americans, but that’s not the case for New Jersey adoption candidates. In New Jersey, you have equal rights to adopt. Kingston Law Group attorneys have more than six (6)…

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