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200 South Jersey Walmart Workers Facing Layoffs 200 South Jersey Walmart Workers Facing Layoffs
200 South Jersey Walmart Workers Facing Layoffs Walmart is laying off more than 200 workers in South Jersey this spring, according to a state notice. A WARN notice filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development says that as of June 2, Walmart is eliminating 201 jobs at its Pedricktown distribution center in Salem County. The big box company will lay off hundreds more workers in California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas, according to Reuters. Walmart recently adjusted staff levels "to better prepare for the future needs of customers,” a company spokesperson said in a statement.

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by Jon Craig
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Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations Nearly 1,300 Bed Bath & Beyond workers are about to lose their jobs in New Jersey, according to a WARN notice filed by the company. The WARN notice was filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, saying hundreds of jobs are going to be eliminated across the state. Jobs will be eliminated from the following locations: Port Reading (e-commerce fulfillment center), 572 jobs, March 28 Secaucus (warehouse), 84, April 5 Union (headquarters), 377, April 9 Totowa (Harmon), 262, April 1 Earlier this year, Bed Bath & Beyond announced it would be closin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud
Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud An Atlantic City councilman who was accused last year of assaulting his wife and endangering his daughter was busted by federal authorities for voter and unemployment fraud. MD Hossain Morshed, 49, a Democrat who represents the city’s Fourth Ward, was charged in a complaint unsealed Friday, March 17, in U.S. District Court in Camden. Morshed falsified voter registrations, lied to the FBI and filed bogus unemployment benefit claims with the state, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. According to Sellinger, Morshed gave a prospective voter in the June 2019 primary a pre-filled voter regi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Chipotle To Pay New Jersey $7.75 Million For Widespread Violation Of Child Labor Laws Chipotle To Pay New Jersey $7.75 Million For Widespread Violation Of Child Labor Laws
Chipotle To Pay New Jersey $7.75 Million For Widespread Violation Of Child Labor Laws Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay $7.75 million to New Jersey in a settlement resolving repeated and widespread violation's of child labor laws, the state's labor department announced. A 2020 audit by the labor department found approximately 30,660 alleged violations impacting minors at New Jersey Chipotle restaurants, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo and Attorney General Matt Platkin said. The fast-casual chain apparently had minors working beyond the number of hours they're legally allowed, and failed to provide …

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by Cecilia Levine
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FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple
FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple FBI and Homeland Security agents descended on a Hindu temple in Mercer County on Tuesday. Agents raided BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at 112 N. Main St. in Robbinsville at about 8 a.m. and are expected to be there the rest of the day, authorities said.  The New York Times reported that the raid is connected to a lawsuit that claims low-caste men have been brought from India to work on the massive temple for about $1 an hour.  Robbinsville police and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office were not involved in the activity. “The FBI is there on court-authorized law enforcement acti…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Payroll Manager Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme NJ Payroll Manager Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme
NJ Payroll Manager Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme The payroll manager of a Bergen County construction company admitted that he shorted a group of employees by more than $1 million in pay by shaking them down for cash kickbacks, state authorities said. Rather than wait for an indictment following his arrest last month, Toni Jovanoski, 44, of Montvale took a deal from prosecutors following an investigation into his Saddle Brook company, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Jovanoski pleaded guilty this week in Superior Court in Hackensack to making false payment claims for a government contract (prevailing wage violations) and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges
All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges The payroll manager of a Saddle Brook construction company shorted a group of employees' pay by more than $1 million by shaking them down for cash kickbacks, state authorities charged. Toni Jovanoski, 44, of Montvale was charged with misconduct by a corporate official and making false payment claims for a public works contract, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Monday. At the same time, state officials allowed the general contractor, UniMak, to avoid criminal charges by agreeing to repay the seven cheated employees the full $1,082,041 they lost, he said. For more than five …

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by Jerry DeMarco