Jill Turner Lever

Jill Turner Lever
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
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Professional Biography:

Jill Turner Lever practices in all aspects of employment law. She advises clients on a wide range of employment law issues including day-to-day advice and counsel on compliance with federal, state and local employment laws. Ms. Lever drafts employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbooks and human resources policies. She provides advice on handling complaints of sexual and other forms of workplace harassment.

Articles in the National Law Review database by Jill Turner Lever

Compliance Alert: Important “WARNINGS” for New York and New Jersey Employers (Posted On Friday, January 27, 2023)
The Evolving New York City Workplace: Two Important Updates Effective November 1st (Posted On Tuesday, November 1, 2022)
Classifying Workers as Contractors Becomes Tougher After New Jersey Supreme Court’s Decision Interpreting the “Independent Business” Requirement (Posted On Monday, August 8, 2022)
Employers Face Upcoming Effective Dates Requiring Action While Legal Challenges Continue (Posted On Thursday, December 23, 2021)
Lawsuits Portend Uncertain Future for New OSHA Vaccination Rule (Posted On Tuesday, November 9, 2021)
Religious Exemptions from Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines: Must Employers Consider Those Employee Requests? (Posted On Wednesday, November 3, 2021)
Federal Government and New York State Take Major Steps to Curb Spread at the Workplace (Posted On Friday, September 10, 2021)
Health Care Settings Subject to New COVID-19 Requirements Issued by New Jersey and OSHA (Posted On Friday, September 3, 2021)
New York HERO Act: All New York Employers under Deadline to Adopt an Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan (Posted On Tuesday, July 13, 2021)
Employers Beware – New Jersey Is Signaling That the State Is Ready for Enforcement of Its New Worker Misclassification Laws (Posted On Monday, July 12, 2021)
The Bumpy COVID Road to Reopening Businesses in New York and New Jersey (Posted On Tuesday, May 11, 2021)
The American Rescue Plan: A Mixed Bag for Employers (Posted On Monday, March 15, 2021)
Important COVID-19 Employment Law Updates: The EEOC and Congress Take Further Action (Posted On Tuesday, December 29, 2020)
COVID-19 Update: Second Wave Leads to Additional New York and New Jersey Workplace Restrictions (Posted On Monday, November 2, 2020)
NJ Grants Essential Workers Who Contract COVID Enhanced Workers’ Compensation Coverage (Posted On Monday, October 5, 2020)
New Jersey Supreme Court Plugs Two Arbitration Agreement Holes, Giving Boost to Employers (Posted On Friday, September 25, 2020)
Sick and Tired of Sick Leave Laws? New York Employers Need to Get Ready for New State Paid Sick Leave Requirements (Posted On Tuesday, September 1, 2020)
Severance: To Pay or Not To Pay (Posted On Monday, July 20, 2020)
Getting Back to Business: Are You Ready to Reopen in the New Normal? (Posted On Friday, June 5, 2020)
Risky Business: COVID-19 Employment Litigation Claims Will Be on the Rise (Posted On Tuesday, May 19, 2020)

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State and Local Law

New Jersey Contractor Law

The Labor and Employment Practice Group at Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. has been named a 2022 Go-To Thought Leader by the National Law Review. In August of 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court made a landmark ruling relating to the classification of certain workers as contractors, significantly tightening the definition of the state’s independent business requirements. Firm authors Jill Turner Lever, Mark A. Nehme, Patricia M. Prezioso provided an extensive breakdown of the ruling and its impact on labor law in the state, and Sills Cummins’ Labor & Employment practice group is recognized for its vital contributions for the analysis of independent contractor law in New Jersey.

Employment Law Civil Rights

Fed & State Vaccine Exemptions

The National Law Review recognizes Jill Turner Lever and David I. Rosen of Sills Cummins & Gross P.C. as 2021 Go-To Thought Leaders for their reporting on religious exemptions in the workplace resulting from various government mandates related to the pandemic. Interpreting and explaining recent guidance from the EEOC concerning employees' religious accommodations requests applicable to COVID-19 vaccinations, provisions of New York State’s emergency regulations, and Maine's vaccination mandate for healthcare workers, Ms. Turner Lever and Mr. Rosen provide practical information and strategies readers can use.

Employment Law

New York & New Jersey Employment Law

The National Law Review recognizes Sills, Cummis & Gross as a Go-To Thought Leader for the firm’s COVID-19 coverage focusing on pandemic legislation relevant to the New York and New Jersey areas. Sills attorney – authors kept NLR readers apprised of sick leave rules, workers compensation coverage for essential workers, CARES act updates, executive orders, regional regulations and workplace restrictions. The following Sills, Cummis & Gross New York & New Jersey Coronavirus authors were exceptionally popular with the NLR readers: Grace A. Byrd, Brian A. Haskel, Jill Turner Lever, David I. Rosen, Alan E. Sherman, Jason L. Sobel and Lori M. Waldron.