Category: Road Warrior
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Fwd: Road Warrior: UST Info, State Budget Looming
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: DEP Regs and Fed Impacts
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)…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Settlement Deadline Extended, Local Gas Supply Sold Off, Lottery Update
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Busy Days at the Statehouse, New Benefit Partner
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: New Labor Mandate, Bad Lottery Ticket Design, UST Registrations
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Overtime Pay Rule Changed, Grant Money Webinar, Menthol Ban Delayed, DEP Seminar
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Non-Competes, EV Charger $, MVC Training, RIP Rep. Payne
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Rack Prices Jump, Inspection Trap, Green Amendment
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…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Post-Earthquake Assessment, Future Zoom Cashiers?, EVR Deadline Reminder
April 11, 2024 Post-Earthquake Assessment – Make sure there aren't any hidden problems! Last Friday, April 5th, many state residents were stunned by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that emanated from northern New Jersey. The quake was felt throughout the state, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township (Hunterdon County). Our neighbors in the immediate vicinity easily…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Product Recall, Right to Repair, California Nightmares
April 4, 2024 More Official Warnings on 'Tianeptine' This week one of our state's Congressmen, Frank Pallone (D-Monmouth and Middlesex), held a dedicated press conference to bring more awareness to tianeptine, while demanding that retailers choose to stop selling it. This product, which is increasingly being called “gas station heroin” is certainly bringing a bad…