In New Jersey, restrictive covenants, including non-competes, remain enforceable. However, consistent with the national trend, New Jersey courts are becoming less inclined to enforce non-competes.

Varying state employment laws can complicate compliance with organizations having remote workers. Pay transparency laws are an illustrative example of the types of compliance issues presented.

CPAs may be stuck in the middle when it comes to the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), between a drooling client hungry for a cash refund and their due diligence responsibility before preparing and signing that tax return proposing a huge refund.