Legislation that advanced out of the Senate Labor Committee would set aside $1.5 million per year from a federal allotment of money at the state's labor department for the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program.

Though the governor revealed renewed lows in the state's transmission rate on Monday, he also cited multiple establishments for their failure to keep patrons on entrance lines in masks and socially distanced.

Under an executive order signed by the president, the federal government would pay 75 percent of the cost for extending the supplemental weekly payments, now $400 instead of the previous $600, while states would be responsible for the remaining 25 percent.

“So what this bill does is give an extra amount of money for workers to be able to purchase health care,” said Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. “Where employers are supplying health care, it is so paltry and so expensive that it’s almost beyond the ability of these people to pay for it.”

Sixty-three percent of those phoned answered the call, accordin to the state. But, 20 percent would not pick up, State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said.

Unite Here Local 54 alleges that the negligence by the owner of four of Atlantic City's nine casinos includes failure to perform temperature checks for guests and non-compliance with the Murphy administration's requirements for daily room cleaning.

Data from the U.S. Department of Labor show 15,845 state residents filed for unemployment for the week ending Aug. 1. The previous lowest number reported in the 20 weeks since statewide restrictions to curb COVID-19's spread went into effect were for the week ending June 6, when just over 23,000 filed for assistance.

While several justices seemed open to the idea that the pandemic constituted an emergency to which the undertaking was an appropriate response, their questions also evinced some concern over whether some limits are necessary to curb similar actions in the future.

AT&T New Jersey President Charlene Brown will be recognized in September at the organization's virtually held, sixth annual Women Business Leaders Forum: “Ready to Launch.”

“In addition to state policy restricting what we can do this fall, we recognize numerous concerning factors, including the surge and resurgence of the virus nationally and locally, overburdened service and supply chains that interrupt our ability to satisfy health and safety protocols, and rising infection rates for younger people,” The College of New Jersey President Kathryn Foster said in a university-wide email.

Compliance with the voluntary initiative has been lackluster, according to state health officials, with just between 5 and 10 percent of air travelers providing information to contact tracers, while New Jersey's transmission rate hit 1.48 as of Monday. According to the governor, it was 0.87 a month ago.

Under the order being signed  Monday, indoor crowds would be limited to the lesser of 25 percent capacity or 25 people, as opposed to the prior limits of up to 100 people.