Workplace discrimination is a big problem and those employees who have suffered discriminatory actions in the workplace deserve to seek those legal remedies available to them. Employment discrimination occurs when an adverse employment action is taken against an employee due to their membership in a protected class. That adverse employment action...

At the state level, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) prohibits employer from discriminating against workers based on a workers’ membership in a certain protected class. At the federal level, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act provides comparable anti-discrimination protection. The discriminatory action must be a job-related action based on...

Discrimination in the workplace is a persistent problem despite federal and state protections against it. It comes in a variety of forms and can be difficult to detect and even more difficult to prove. Here, we want to take a moment to discuss some of the forms workplace discrimination takes in...

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, among other employment laws, protect New Jersey employees and prospective employees from employers discriminating on the basis of race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and age, among other protected classes, in taking employment-related action. This means discriminating based on a person’s membership in a protected...

In the State of New Jersey, there are laws in place to guard employees against suffering discriminatory or retaliatory actions in the workplace. While the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act both offer such protections, bringing a successful claim pursuant to these laws can be...

The importance of knowing your rights as an employee cannot be understated. Unfortunately, the laws regulating the employer and employee relationship can be complex, varied, and next to impossible to unravel. We’re here to help. Here, we will take a look at the Equal Pay Act. An important piece of federal legislation...

To bring a successful New Jersey discrimination lawsuit, you will need to prove that you were a member of a protected class, which includes race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, and more. Additionally, you will need evidence to support the assertion that you suffered an adverse employment action...

While remote work may have been around prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures pushed forward toward a new era. The Remote Work Age is upon us and an unprecedented number of workers continue in partly or fully remote work positions, some on a temporary basis and some on a permanent...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports that, in just the fiscal year of 2020, there were 67,448 charges of workplace discrimination filed by workers. The types of discrimination charges filed are based on a range of federal protections intended to fight discrimination from occurring in the workplace on the...