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
- DOL Increases the Salary Threshold for Various Overtime Exemptions - (Posted On Friday, April 26, 2024)
- Increased Exposure to Businesses under the New York City Sick Leave Law - (Posted On Friday, March 01, 2024)
- A Holiday Surprise: New York Governor Vetoes the Proposed Non-Compete Ban - (Posted On Thursday, December 28, 2023)
- New York on the Brink of Banning Non-Compete Agreements - (Posted On Wednesday, July 26, 2023)
- Compliance Alert: Important “WARNINGS” for New York and New Jersey Employers - (Posted On Friday, January 27, 2023)
- The Evolving New York City Workplace: Two Important Updates Effective November 1st - (Posted On Tuesday, November 01, 2022)
- Classifying Workers as Contractors Becomes Tougher After New Jersey Supreme Court’s Decision Interpreting the “Independent Business” Requirement - (Posted On Monday, August 08, 2022)
- Employers Face Upcoming Effective Dates Requiring Action While Legal Challenges Continue - (Posted On Thursday, December 23, 2021)
- Lawsuits Portend Uncertain Future for New OSHA Vaccination Rule - (Posted On Tuesday, November 09, 2021)
- Religious Exemptions from Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines: Must Employers Consider Those Employee Requests? - (Posted On Wednesday, November 03, 2021)
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.