The lawsuit was filed by Rebecca McCarthy, an African American woman fired from her $190,000-per-year position as vice president of clinical leadership at the company's location in Bound Brook. A Bergen County jury has awarded a $6 million verdict in a racial discrimination suit by...

Phil Murphy, New Jersey's Governor signed "Executive Order #1" hours after being sworn in which bans the practice of inquiries into salary history during the hiring of public employees. The order took effect February 1st, 2018 and is aimed at helping eliminate the gender wage gap in New Jersey. Currently women earn approximately 80%...

New Jersey amended the New Jersey Opportunity to Compete Act (originally passed in 2014) which is commonly knows as "ban the box." The existing protection restricts employers with more than 15 employees from inquiring about criminal history during the initial phase of an employment application. It has been amended in December of 2017 to...

Steve Sweeney, Senate President (D-Gloucester) is co-sponsoring this bill calling it ‘a lifeline for working families." The bill, S-2528, has been advanced by the Senate Labor Committee by a margin of 3-1 in favor. a similar bill was vetoed by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and has now expected to...

Hourly workers in New Jersey are entitled to overtime pay for any hours over a total of 40 hours in a work week (7 days worked consecutively as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act.) New Jersey has no provision to compensate employees working over a set number of hours in a single day like...