The New Jersey Emergency Responders Employment Protection Act, (NJSA 40A:14-213 and -214) which goes into effect on April 1, 2010, bars employers from terminating, dismissing, or suspending an employee who fails to report for work because he or she is serving as a “volunteer emergency responder” who is either: (1) actively […]
Read moreIn one of his last acts as Governor, last month Gov. Jon Corzine signed an amendment to our Law Against Discrimination to expressly include autism spectrum disorders in its definition of disability. This amendment was based on an October 8, 2009 report from the Adults with Autism Task Force. The full […]
Read moreHeads up, NJ employers! Last week, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill that legalizes marijuana use by patients with certain chronic illnesses. The bill, which Governor Corzine is expected to sign before leaving office on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients who have been diagnosed with […]
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Oct
2009
How to Survive the Perfect Storm Part II
“Historic trends and events are converging into a perfect storm that could place antidiscrimination at the center of corporate policy with an intensity unseen since passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964”, ‐ Dr. James Fadigan, one of the authors of the Title VII antidiscrimination provisions of the 1964 […]
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08
Oct
2009
How to Survive the Perfect Storm
“Historic trends and events are converging into a perfect storm that could place anti-discrimination at the center of corporate policy with an intensity unseen since passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964”, according to Dr. James Fadigan, one of the authors of the Title VII anti-discrimination provisions of the […]
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