By Grayson Moronta, Daniel I. Small, and Howard M. Wexler
Seyfarth Synopsis: A pending bill in New Jersey’s legislature would significantly lower the standard for establishing harassment claims and require employers to implement anti-harassment training and policies and report complaint data to a government agency.
Earlier this year, New Jersey legislators introduced Assembly Bill 2443 (“AB 2443”
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