July 24, 2024
Staffing industry groups can't halt a New Jersey law strengthening protections for temporary workers because it doesn't discriminate between out-of-state and in-state companies and is therefore constitutional, the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday, affirming a district court's ruling.
June 04, 2024
A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday seemed skeptical that a New Jersey law geared toward protecting temporary workers was unconstitutionally protectionist, despite an apparent acknowledgment of industry groups' fears that it could destroy the temp staffing agency industry in the Garden State.
May 31, 2024
Several cases are heating up the Third Circuit argument calendar in June, including a home care company's attempt to duck a $7 million payout to thousands of workers who claimed the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not compensating them for travel time.
March 15, 2024
Business associations suing to block New Jersey's new temporary worker protection law alerted the Third Circuit to a recent Illinois federal court decision holding that federal retirement law supersedes a similar law in Illinois, urging the appellate court to follow suit.
January 16, 2024
The State of New Jersey urged the Third Circuit to keep a lower court ruling rejecting a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the state's new temporary worker protection law, saying the law, intended to improve minimum working conditions for temporary employees, is not unconstitutional.
November 14, 2023
A trio of organizations representing the interests of staffing agencies asked the Third Circuit to reverse a trial court's decision not to block a law raising minimum working conditions for temporary workers and rule that the law is unconstitutional.
September 29, 2023
A New Jersey law bolstering protections for temporary workers will stay in place while the Third Circuit considers a challenge that staffing industry groups advanced on a lower court's denial of a preliminary injunction, the appeals court ruled.