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
- "Can We Still Keep It a Secret?" New Jersey Adopts Extreme Stance Against Non-Disclosure Provisions in Agreements Settling Claims of Discrimination, Retaliation and Harassment - (Posted On Thursday, March 28, 2019)
- One-Two Punch for NJ Employers: State Enacts Minimum Wage Rate Increases and Expands Paid Family Leave Insurance Benefits - (Posted On Tuesday, February 26, 2019)
- New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Implementation Date Is Quickly Approaching - (Posted On Friday, October 19, 2018)
- NLRB Ruling Provides More Deference to Employers with Workplace Policies - (Posted On Wednesday, January 17, 2018)
- Second Circuit Decisions on Current Issues - (Posted On Wednesday, May 31, 2017)
- A Trifecta of Wage and Hour Developments: A Mixed Bag for Employers - (Posted On Tuesday, August 11, 2015)
- Employers Beware - Three Significant Decisions with Broad Implications - (Posted On Wednesday, April 30, 2014)
- Notices for the New Year and Good News for Employers: Update on Wage and Hour Class Actions - (Posted On Tuesday, December 24, 2013)
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchanges “Go Live” on October 1, 2013: Immediate Action Required by Employers - (Posted On Friday, October 04, 2013)
- Groundbreaking Legislation on Both Sides of the Hudson – Latest New Jersey and New York City Employment Law Developments - (Posted On Thursday, October 03, 2013)
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.