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How Long Do I Have to Sue My Employer in New Jersey?

When an employer discriminates, retaliates, withholds wages, or violates an employee’s protected leave rights, the employee does not have unlimited time to take legal action. New Jersey employment claims...

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Employment Law Discrimination & Harassment

Governor signs pregnancy discrimination ban

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently signed a bill, known as S-2995/A-4486, protecting pregnant women from workplace discrimination. The New Jersey State Assembly and State Senate had ...

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Employment Law Sexual Harassment

27 Percent of Flight Attendants are Victims of Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment in the workplace is something that many people in New Jersey have been forced to deal with. Unfortunately, some professions come with a higher likelihood than others of being ...

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Employment Law Sexual Harassment

Report reveals what New Jersey spends on sexual harassment cases

The Asbury Park Press performed an investigation into the issue of sexual harassment within the state government, finding that millions of dollars are spent in settlements for this workplace ...

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Employment Law Hostile Work Environment

What is CEPA? aka the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act

CEPA is the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act. This Act provides protections to employees, so that an employer: Shall not take any retaliatory action against an employee because ...

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Employment Law Discrimination & Harassment

Discrimination and workplace retaliation often go hand-in-hand

The LAD makes it unlawful for an employer to retaliate against an employee, defined as follows: To take reprisals against any person because that person has opposed any practices or acts ...

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Employment Law Hostile Work Environment

Filing a Lawsuit May Qualify Under the Protections of New Jersey Whistleblower Law

Whistle-blowing activity includes an employee's disclosure "to a supervisor or to a public body" of, or his objection to or refusal to participate in, "any activity, policy or practice which the ...

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Discrimination & Harassment

Former cop settles race and gender discrimination suit

This week, a former police officer in Syracuse, New York, reached a settlement of $205,000 for her lawsuit against the city. The trial was set to begin in federal court in just four days when ...

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Employment Law Discrimination & Harassment

Sports Pub Chain Sued for Employment Discrimination

A national sports pub chain, with a location in our own New Jersey, is being sued for hiring discrimination after an applicant was denied employment. She had completed the majority of the ...

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Employment Law Hostile Work Environment

U.S. High Court Rules In Whistleblower Case Concerning FOIA

The Supreme Court issued a decision recently finding that a private party that uncovers corporate fraud against the federal government as a result of a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request ...

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Employment Law Hostile Work Environment

Retaliation Is the No. 1 Claim Filed by Employees

During the 2010 Fiscal Year, retaliation is the most frequent allegation made in Federal Discrimination cases. While the Federal government should serve as a model for all privately owned ...

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Employment Law Discrimination & Harassment