Patrick T. Collins

Patrick Collins to Speak on Managing Employment Issues

Patrick T. Collins Honored by Safe+Sound Somerset

Patrick Collins to Speak on Smartphone Technology at IMA Spring Conference

Patrick Collins to Speak on Smartphone Technology and the Risk in Business

Patrick Collins Elected President of the Board of Legal Services Northwest New Jersey

Somerset Valley Y Thanks Norris McLaughlin, P.A.for Many Years of Providing Camp Scholarships

Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Presents Employee Handbook Workshop

Articles

Publications

• Quoted, “NJ’s New Employment Law Regulations,” New Jersey Business Magazine, August 2019
• Quoted, “Poaching poses challenge for employers,” Lehigh Valley Business, June 10, 2019
• Quoted, “Preventing Harassment in the Workplace,” New Jersey Business Magazine, February 2018
• Quoted, “The Do’s and Don’ts of Holiday Parties,” New Jersey Business Magazine, December 2017
• Quoted, “Handling Business Closings and Layoffs,”  New Jersey Business Magazine, September 2017
• Quoted, “Interview Protocol,” New Jersey Business Magazine, August 2017
• “New Employee Leave Law For Victims Of Domestic Violence Or Sexual Assault,” Norris McLaughlin Labor & Employment Law Alert, August 2013
• “New Poster Requirement for New Jersey Employers,” Norris McLaughlin Labor & Employment Law Alert, November 2011
• “Social Media In The Workplace: The New Frontier,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2011
• “New Year Corporate Housekeeping: Your Employee Handbook,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2011
• “New Whistleblower Incentives and Protection in the Dodd-Frank Act,” Norris McLaughlin Labor & Employment Law Alert, October 2010
• “New Jersey Supreme Court Limits the Application of the Over-Seventy Exception to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination,” Norris McLaughlin Labor & Employment Law Alert, July 2010
• “Hot Topics In Labor And Employment Law,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2009
• “New Jersey Paid Family Leave Deadlines Just Around the Corner,” Norris McLaughlin Labor & Employment Law Alert, December 2008
• “No Privacy For Employee Info On Office Computers,” Norris McLaughlin Labor & Employment Law Alert, November 2008
• “No Privacy For Employee Info On Office Computers,” Law360, September 19, 2008
• “Supreme Court Reverses Controversial Appellate Division Case Regarding Harassment in the Workplace,” Labor & Employment Law Alert, August 2008
• “New Jersey Poised to Become the Third State to Provide Paid Family Leave,” Labor & Employment Law Alert, April 2008
• “The New Overtime Rules,” Somerset Business, Fall 2004
• “Curbing Workplace Harassment,” U.S.1, October 22, 2003
• “New Jersey Supreme Court Makes Anti-Harassment Training Mandatory for Supervisors and Managers,” Labor & Employment Law Alert, August 2002
• “Employers Who Provide Job References May Be Liable for Negligent Misrepresentation; Automatic Termination After Exhausting Company-Provided Medical Leave Held Not To Be Discriminatory; Card Check Method of ‘Instant Unionization’,” Labor & Employment Law Alert, August 2002
• “New Jersey Employment Agencies Must Be Licensed With the State,” Labor & Employment Law Alert, October 2001
• “If You Think Your Company is Beyond the Reach of the NLRB Because You Have a Non-Union Workforce, Think Again,” Labor & Employment Law Alert, October 2000

• “2018 Employment Law Breakfast Series: Hot Topics,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, December 13, 2018
• “You’re No Longer a Start-Up! Now What?” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, October 10, 2018
• “Protecting Confidential & Proprietary Information,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, September 6, 2018
• “Know Your Labor & Employment Basics,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, June 20, 2018
• “Social Media & Technology Issues in the Workplace,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, June 7, 2018
• “Navigating the Hiring Process,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, April 12, 2018
• “Labor & Employment Year In Review,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, December 7, 2017
• “Bullying, Harassment & The Law, ” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, September 14, 2017
• “How To Handle Employee Complaints & Investigations,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, December 7, 2017
• “DOL Hot Topics,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, July 12, 2017
• “EEOC Guidance on Retaliation and Report on Harassment in the Workplace,” NM Year In Review, Bridgewater, NJ, December 1, 2016
• “New Employees,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, July 14, 2016
• “Wage & Hour Issues,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, July 14, 2016
• “Managing Leaves,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, May 19, 2016
• “Smartphone Technology and the Risk in Business,” IMA NJ Regional Council, Hotel Woodbridge at Metropark, Iselin, NJ, May 16, 2016
• “Smartphone Technology and the Risk in Business,” Raritan Valley IMA, Hotel Woodbridge at Metropark, Iselin, NJ, March 17, 2016
• “Employee Handbooks,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, March 10, 2016
• “Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law 2015,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, May 21, 2015
• “Acceptable Behavior in the Workplace,” R3M Engineering, Old Bridge, NJ, December 2, 2014
• “Acceptable Behavior in the Workplace,” Ferrero U.S.A., Inc., Somerset, NJ, December 1, 2014
• “What’s Your Policy? Human Resource & Employee Benefit Issues,” Crowne Plaza Fairfield, Fairfield, New Jersey, June 24, 2014
• “What’s Your Policy? Human Resource & Employee Benefit Issues,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, April 29, 2014
• “Performance Management,” Rutgers School of Business, November 14, 2013
• “Social Media and Technology in the Workplace,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, July 27, 2011
• “Employee Handbook Workshop,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, October 20, 2010
• “Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law 2010,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, June 10, 2010
• “Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law 2010,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, June 15, 2010
• “Best Practices For The Growing Business,” NM Client Seminar, June 3, 2010
• Beware! The “Other” Side of the LSRP Program, Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, March 25, 2010
• Current Wage & Hour Challenges, Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, February 24, 2010
• “Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law 2009,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, June 18, 2009
• “Employee Free Choice Act: Where It Stands and What It Means to Employers,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, February 24, 2009
• “Urgent Employee Medical Leave Updates for 2009,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, January 30, 2009 and February 6, 2009
• “2008 Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, New Jersey, June 17, 2008
• “How To Respond To An Employment Related Lawsuit,” Business Bits Podcast
• “Acceptable Behavior In The Workplace,” Client Presentation, Tengion, East Norriton, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2008
• “Operational, Transitional and Exit Strategies for Closely-Held & Entrepreneurial Business Owners,” Raritan Valley Country Club, Bridgewater, New Jersey, January 17, 2007
• Moderator, “Topics in Labor & Employment Law 2006,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Seminar, June 1, 2006, Bridgewater, NJ
• YMCA’s 5th Annual HR and Risk Management Conference, November 17-18, 2005, Morristown, NJ

Patrick T. Collins has earned the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® status. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

2017 Safe + Sound Somerset Jackie Wiegand Founder Award

1999 Legal Services of New Jersey Equal Justice Medal.

1999 Outstanding Board Service Award.