Phillipsburg council wants to know if meetings were caught up in alleged spying scheme
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic pushing its meetings to Zoom, Phillipsburg Town Council met at the Phillipsburg Housing Authority’s Heckman House.
The authority’s executive director, Paul Rummerfield, now faces charges of official misconduct and related counts after he allegedly installed cameras and microphones to spy on employees.
Council last week voted to have the town’s attorney, Rich Wenner, reach out to the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office to see if any of its meetings either public or behind closed doors were caught in the alleged surveillance scheme.
N.J. man surrenders to Fla. authorities after warrant issued for fatal stabbing charges
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Facebook Share
A New Jersey man charged with stabbing his neighbor to death last year has surrendered to Florida authorities after his pre-trial release was revoked earlier this week.
Zachary T. Latham, 18, of Vineland, was charged with aggravated manslaughter in the May 4 killing of 51-year-old William T. Durham Sr., a state corrections officer, following a long-running feud.
A New Jersey Superior Court judge revoked Latham’s pre-trial release and issued a bench warrant for his arrest Tuesday, citing multiple violations of release orders.
Latham was booked into jail in Collier County, Florida, on Thursday on that warrant.
On what might have been in a snow day before the Zoom age, the New Jersey Supreme Court waded into a lawsuit that says property owners have a duty to keep sidewalks safe even while a storm is still raging.
A woman tries to protect her face from blowing snow while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., on Monday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
TRENTON, N.J. (CN) New Jersey is in a state of emergency from a massive nor’easter Monday, but the state Supreme Court plowed ahead this morning in an appeal over snowstorm sidewalk safety.
EHT Walmart Sued For Firing Man Who Reported Improper PPE Wear
Enter your number to get our free mobile app
NJ.com has reported that a man from Ocean County who worked at the Walmart on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township is now suing his former employer for wrongful termination. Why does he believe he was fired? He apparently reported to some pretty high powers-that-be that certain members of that Walmart s management team failed to wear masks and gloves required by employees per the state government to help prevent spreading COVID-19.
He has since filed a case within the New Jersey Superior Court in which he states his beliefs that not only was he fired for reporting the negligence, but that his age had come into question as well which ultimately resulted in his termination from the company. NJ.com says this isn t the first case an NJ Walmart has had to deal with regarding management s disregard for COVID-19 guidelines.
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
Contractors already know that ensuring their team members’ well-being tops the list of reasons for a strong safety and OSHA compliance program. A recent New Jersey state court decision just gave them another preserving workers’ compensation immunity and its protection from potentially massive liability for employee personal injuries.
New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA) guarantees an employee’s recovery for workplace injuries, but in exchange, caps the employee’s recovery and excludes all other remedies. As a result, employees cannot sue their employers for negligence or to recover pain and suffering. However, the Act has one exception to this immunity: when the employer’s