Lawmakers, businesses wrestle over independent contractor rules
Major changes aimed at ending employee misclassification are among the major debates happening in the lame-duck legislative session.
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Murphy to consider making 315K more workers eligible for overtime
The Murphy administration will review a suggestion to raise the threshold for guaranteeing workers overtime eligibility.
Murphy backs expanded tax credits for making movies in New Jersey
A year after unveiling an economic strategy that still hasn’t gotten approved by lawmakers, Gov. Phil Murphy marked the anniversary by tweaking it.
NJ's corporate tax breaks weren't effective, experts testify
Ten weeks after New Jersey's main business tax incentives programs expired amid a political dispute, could New Jersey accidentally be better off?
Murphy's back from vacation and trying spark NJ economy
Gov. Phil Murphy signed two economy-related bills into law, toured Nokia Bell Labs and took part in 'innovation summit' panel discussion.
Dow tanks 767 points — NJ financial expert says don't panic
Nervous Jersey investors are wondering where we go from here.
Business groups push plan to keep NJ from 'going over the cliff'
The agenda is a mix of business ideas, a modified version of Gov. Phil Murphy’s economic plan and the 'Path to Progress' of Senate President Steve Sweeney.
NJ has no biz tax incentive program for first time since 1996
It's a casualty of the budget battle.
'Clean energy' jobs in N.J. nears 55,000, with hopes for more
New report says the number of 'clean energy' jobs in New Jersey is approaching 52,000. Federal data suggest at least 2,800 more were added to that last year.
Murphy pitches economic plan, says he's flexible on its size
Governor goes to South Amboy to highlight redevelopment of former industrial sites, a small portion of his $400M a year plan for targeted tax credits.