NJ Severance Pay Laws | New Jersey Severance Lawyers

New Jersey Severance Pay is different for every company.  We have reviewed hundreds of severance agreements and a typical severance agreement offers Severance Pay between one and two weeks for each year of service.  New Jersey Severance Pay in the past did not usually contain a cap or ceiling regarding the amount of severance...
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Facebook Privacy Legislation In NJ | NJ Employment Law

There has been an increase in the amount of employers that are requesting job applicants to provide the company with their Facebook identify and password. Maryland is the only state that has passed any legislation preventing an employer from requiring applicants to disclose their Facebook login information. However, New York, California, Missouri, Michigan, South...
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Duty to Mitigate Damages | NJ Employment Law

If you have been terminated and have filed a lawsuit against your former employer, the NJ Employment Law requires that you try and mitigate your damages. This means that you will have to actively look for work and try to find a job to lessen the amount of damages you suffered for lost pay....
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Can My Employer Give Me a Bad Reference?

New Jersey Employee Rights laws protect individuals from bad job references that are untruthful or not based on an opinion.  Accordingly, an employer can not give you a bad reference if they do not have knowledge of the bad performance and it if is relayed to the inquiring company as being a fact.  If...
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NJ Discrimination | New Jersey Discrimination

The Law Against Discrimination sets forth the laws regarding NJ Discrimination. NJ Discrimination that is protected by law is limited to situations involving discrimination based on protected characteristics. The most common forms of protected NJ Discrimination are race discrimination, age discrimination, gender discrimination, disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination and sexual orientation discrimination. It is NJ...
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