Jill Turner Lever practices in all aspects of employment law. Ms. Lever advises clients on a wide range of employment law issues including day-to-day and strategic high-level advice and counsel, as well as 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 discrimination and harassment.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Jill Turner Lever
- 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 01, 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 05, 2020)
- Risky Business: COVID-19 Employment Litigation Claims Will Be on the Rise - (Posted On Tuesday, May 19, 2020)
- FFCRA Employee Notice Requirements Are Now in Effect - (Posted On Wednesday, April 01, 2020)
- Latest Update: New Jersey & New York Governors Issue New, Expansive COVID-19 Executive Orders - (Posted On Tuesday, March 24, 2020)
- Coronavirus Employment Law Update: Latest Federal, New York and New Jersey Legislation and Executive Orders - (Posted On Friday, March 20, 2020)
- The Coronavirus: Best Practices to Mitigate Risks in the Workplace - (Posted On Wednesday, March 11, 2020)
- No Relief in Sight for NJ Employers: Six Newly-Enacted State Employment Laws to Tackle - (Posted On Friday, January 31, 2020)
- New Jersey and New York Further Strengthen Wage and Hour Laws to Protect Employees: Part 1 - NJ Developments - (Posted On Thursday, August 29, 2019)
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.
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.
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.