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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
News
Saddle Brook Payroll Manager From Montvale Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme Saddle Brook Payroll Manager From Montvale Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme
Saddle Brook Payroll Manager From Montvale 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
News
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
Obituaries
Murphy Mourns COVID-19 Death Of 30-Year State Labor Employee, Trenton Soup Kitchen Volunteer Murphy Mourns COVID-19 Death Of 30-Year State Labor Employee, Trenton Soup Kitchen Volunteer
Murphy Mourns Covid-19 Death Of 30-Year State Labor Employee, Trenton Soup Kitchen Volunteer State officials are mourning another one of their own employees killed by coronavirus. "We remember Ruthie Saab, who spent much of the past three decades as a dedicated and recognized employee of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development," Gov. Phil Murphy said at a daily news briefing on Thursday. State Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo also offered words of praise for Saab and condolences to her family and co-workers.  She was a regular volunteer with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, and a founding member and president of the Sisters Club in Trenton.  "Ma…

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by Jon Craig
Business
2,704 Tropicana Atlantic City Employees Laid Off 2,704 Tropicana Atlantic City Employees Laid Off
2,704 Tropicana Atlantic City Employees Laid Off More than 2,700 employees were laid off from Tropicana Atlantic City with state-ordered casino closures extended another month, according to a WARN notice filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Last Saturday, Eldorado Resorts -- which owns Tropicana -- moved to the minimum workforce necessary to maintain basic operations, according to an April 8 report to shareholders. New Jersey's nine casinos were ordered closed along with gyms, concert venues and movie theaters by Gov. Phil Murphy March 16 to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Atlantic City …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Veteran NJ Government Employee, 66, Admits Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images At Work Veteran NJ Government Employee, 66, Admits Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images At Work
Veteran NJ Government Employee, 66, Admits Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images At Work A 66-year-old state government veteran will be sentenced to four years in state prison after admitting Friday that he downloaded child pornography at work. Kevin Smith, who worked for the state for over 30 years, had more than 100 kiddie porn files “stored on optical disks and a thumb drive found in his cubicle” at the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development office in Trenton, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “Anyone who views and downloads child pornography online participates in the cruel exploitation of children,” Grewal said, “but Smith’s case is especially egreg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lodi MVC Clerk: 7 Years For Selling Illegal Licenses To School Bus Drivers Lodi MVC Clerk: 7 Years For Selling Illegal Licenses To School Bus Drivers
Lodi MVC Clerk: 7 Years For Selling Illegal Licenses To School Bus Drivers A former Lodi motor vehicle agency clerk was sentenced Friday in Hackensack to a plea-bargained seven years in prison after admitting that he collected thousands in dollars in bribes operating a ring that allowed 220 motorists -- including school bus drivers -- to obtain permit and licenses without having to take any tests. Rodman Lora, 39, of Queens must serve two years and four months before being eligible for parole, under his deal with prosecutors. Lora was among 70 people charged in a wide-ranging investigation. He admitted that he got an average of $700 per license or permit from 2014…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits
Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits LODI, N.J. – A former Lodi motor vehicle agency clerk will be sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting Monday that he collected thousands in dollars in bribes operating a ring that allowed 220 motorists -- including school bus drivers -- to obtain permit and licenses without having to take any tests. Rodman Lora, 39, of Queens was among 70 people charged in a wide-ranging investigation. He admitted that he got an average of $700 per license or permit from 2014 to 2016.  Also pleading guilty Monday were: Luis Tiburcio, 46, of Passaic, who admitted that he was paid to work as a “r…

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by Jerry DeMarco