Industry Information

New Jersey Prevailing Wage: Your Legal Rate of Pay

The New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act combats unfair labor practices by establishing a prevailing wage for workers who support public works. These employees are entitled to receive a prevailing ...

Divorcing? The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Protects You

Recently the New Jersey Supreme Court concluded that protected “marital status” is not only limited to the state of being single or married. Employers have never been able to hire or fire ...

Victim of Discrimination? What You Need to Know About the NJLAD

What Is the New Jersey Prevailing Wage?

Certain workers in New Jersey and New York are protected by “prevailing wage” laws. These are government-mandated rules directing how much government contractors and subcontractors must pay ...

Bill Passes to Increase NJ Minimum Wage

Moving Toward a $15 Minimum Wage A bill aimed at increasing the New Jersey minimum wage has been approved by the state Senate Labor Committee and the Labor Committee of the NJ Assembly and now ...

Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Equal Pay Bill

Earlier this week, Governor Chris Christie conditionally vetoed S992, a bill that would have expanded current equal pay protections for New Jersey workers, stating that some provisions, if ...

US Supreme Court Supports NJ Policeman in Free Speech Lawsuit

Jeffrey Heffernan was a detective in the Paterson, New Jersey, police department. One day in April 2006, he stopped by the campaign offices of Lawrence Spagnola, who was running for mayor. His ...

Can I Sue My NJ Employer for a Hostile Work Environment?

Your boss is insufferable – he yells at you and has temper tantrums during which he throws office supplies. Your coworkers are jerks, too – they’re mean to you, say nasty things behind your ...

New Jersey Religious Discrimination in the Workplace

Both New Jersey and federal laws prohibit an employer, other than a religious institution, from discriminating against any current or potential employee on the basis of that employee’s creed, ...

Age Discrimination: Exceptions to the Rules

It’s illegal under both federal and New Jersey state law for an employer to discriminate against any current or potential employee on the basis of that employee’s age, but there are significant ...