Category: Road Warrior

June 27, 2024 Compliance Calendars Revised Earlier this year, we sent members a link to the 2024 New Jersey Fuel Dispensing Facilities Compliance Calendar for station owners to download. The DEP's compliance calendar is an essential too, and we have continually encouraged members to use it every day to keep them on track and prevent…

June 20, 2024 High Heat Tips to Protect Employees Recently lawmakers in Trenton have been pushing a very burdensome and overly broad bill to require a lot of new complex regulations for virtually all employers whenever they are working in excessive heat. You can read all the details HERE. While that bill seeks to define…

June 13, 2024 Association attends UST Compliance Seminar Last month, NJGCA sent a notice out to members regarding the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJ DEP) UST Compliance Seminar in Hamilton. This is an event that typically takes place twice a year, and it is always helpful and informative. Last week our staffers attended…

June 6, 2024 Preview of DEP Changes This week, NJGCA attended an environmental regulatory conference hosted by the New Jersey Business & Industry Association. The event was well attended and covered a number of notable topics. We won't bore you with the nitty-gritty details. Two panels touched on New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP)…

May 23, 2024 Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve Being Sold Off Soon Two months ago we warned membership, Congress, and the press about a small provision in the last big federal government spending deal which orders the elimination of the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve (NGSR), a reserve of 1 million barrels of refined gasoline (700,000 in…

May 16, 2024 New MBP Announcement: GMG EnviroSafe joins NJGCA–wants to safeguard your location and prevent accidents Two weeks ago, we reported that MinorDecliner had joined our Association as our newest Member Benefit Partner (MBP).   You can read more about MinorDecliner, and the age verification and loss prevention services they offer, in that announcement…

May 9, 2024 Burdensome Heat Standard Rules Proposed On Monday NJGCA was one of several business groups to raise the alarm in response to a wide-reaching new bill that was being heard in the Senate Labor Committee. S-2422 would establish a series of new regulations aimed at protecting employees working in “excessive” heat, whether outside…

May 2, 2024 Overtime Pay Expansion Approved Last week we told you about a rule change from the Biden Administration outlawing non-compete agreements. The Administration also approved an increase in the minimum salary that must be paid for an employee to be exempt from overtime pay rates. As you likely know, certain types of employees…

April 25, 2024 Non-competes Agreements to Be Banned in Most Cases This week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to outlaw the use of non-compete agreements with employees, and to ban the enforcement of existing agreements (except for some with senior executives). There have been reports over the years that these agreements are becoming…

April 18, 2024 Rack Prices for Gasoline See Big Spike This week we had several members reach out to us to confirm the unfortunate truth that there was a huge spike in rack prices to start the week off, with the average price jumping nearly 25¢ a gallon to start the week. Every year, roughly…