An income tax increase for millionaires, a minimum-wage hike and an effort to legalize recreational marijuana will likely be atop New Jersey officials’ agenda in 2018 as Democrat Phil Murphy shakes up the state’s political scene with his ascension to the governor’s office in mid-January.
Craig M. Bonnist, a partner with McCarter & English LLP and a member of the firm’s labor and employment law practice, said the legislation would permit only a limited noncompete “with respect to management employees … who are discharged by the company for what is defined as good cause.”