We are excited to announce the opening of Plosia Cohen LLC's new Monmouth County office in Tinton Falls. Although the firm has maintained a presence in Shrewsbury for years, we have now taken the next step by opening a dedicated multi-attorney office to better serve our growing client base throughout Monmouth County and the surrounding region. As our statewide practice continues to expand, establishing a permanent office in Monmouth County, while retaining our main office in Morris County was...

A recent Appellate Division decision highlights a shift that law enforcement agencies—and public employers generally—need to fully understand: a positive cannabinoid test is no longer the basis for discipline. In In the Matter of Montavious Patten, a Jersey City police officer was terminated after testing positive for THC following a random drug test. Under older policies, that alone might have ended the analysis. The Court made clear that is no longer the case. Under CREAMMA, employers...

New Jersey police officer reviewing overtime paperwork A recent Law Division decision out of Passaic County raises some real concerns for anyone representing public employers or labor units in New Jersey. In Evans v. City of Paterson , the Court held that a collectively negotiated firefighter schedule and overtime provision violated the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law, even though that structure has been used for years across departments. The Court took the position that the statute controls...