Traditionally, an adverse employment action—getting disciplined or fired, being denied a raise or promotion, for example—has been a necessary part of a discrimination case. But in the area of disability discrimination, state and federal courts around the country have differed about whether an employee who has been denied a disability […]
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05
Sep
2021
Failure to Accommodate Disability = Liability
01
Sep
2020
Labor Law Posters for NJ Employers
Get your September, 2020 list of required state and federal posters for NJ employers here!
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11
Jan
2020
Happy New Year!
There have been lots of developments in New Jersey employment law over the past year. Here are the highlights of what’s coming in 2020: Minimum wage It’s now $11 per hour, as of January 1, 2020. The rate will go up by a dollar each January 1 through 2024 , […]
Read moreNew Jersey now has one of the most comprehensive laws in the nation protecting mothers who are breastfeeding or expressing milk. Breastfeeding was added to the list of protected characteristics under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, which applies not only to the workplace, but also to housing and public […]
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03
Jan
2018
Updates to NJ Ban the Box Law Now In Effect
In the waning days of his term, Governor Christie has signed a piece of bipartisan legislation which closes some loopholes in NJ’s Opportunity to Compete Law, our version of Ban the Box legislation. This 2014 statute prohibits most companies with 15 or more employees from advertising that people with criminal […]
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