People tend to think that New Jersey labor lawyers are the same as a New Jersey employment lawyer. These two different areas of law (labor and employment) are generally grouped together as being one in the same.  However, the two different practice areas couldn't be more different and you typically won't find a labor attorney...

It is a standard practice at companies to prevent an employee from discussing allegations of discrimination or harassment while the investigation is ongoing. This is a standard practice by employment lawyers in NJ and is commonly recommended. However, the EEOC recently issued an opinion that this practice is illegal and in violation of Title...

It is important to receive a NJ Employment Lawyer free consultation in order to evaluate your potential claim. Most employment attorneys in New Jersey can determine whether you have a potential claim within 5-10 minutes of discussing the matter with you. You should not be charged for this amount of time. Our firm offers free consultations...

We always explain to our clients that a trial based on New Jersey employment law with a successful verdict does not always mean that our client will prevail before the Appellate Division or whether the verdict may be reduced by the Trial Judge, Appellate Division or Supreme Court. Today, the NJ Appellate Division overturned $12,000,000...

A New Jersey Superior Court judge who fondled court employees during a holiday party was suspended without pay for four months.  The Supreme Court of New Jersey also ordered Judge Marquis Jones Jr. to attend alcohol counseling because he blamed his inability to recall his conduct on drunkenness.  According to the administrative record, Judge...

A divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a law that increases pension and health-care contributions for state employees, including judges, violates a New Jersey constitutional ban on reducing judicial salaries. The 3-2 ruling said the 2011 Pension and Health Care Benefits Act violates the constitutional principle that judicial salaries...

We have received several inquiries from potential clients regarding whether they can file a lawsuit for being treated differently or discriminated against at work for being obese or overweight. Recently, the EEOC in Texas filed a lawsuit against the company for terminating an employee for being obese. The employee began working for the company...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to allow employees to express milk, or as referred to by most people as pumping milk.  The PPACA does not provide a private cause of action that would allow an employee to file a lawsuit.  However, an employee...

Employers with more than 50 employees are required to provide employees who have worked for the company for at least 1 year with 12 weeks of Family Medical Leave.  What do you do in the event that your 12 weeks of leave has expired and you are still unable to return to work. This is...

Typically, to support a case of retaliation for blowing the whistle on illegal employer conduct, an employee must suffer some loss of money which lawyers call an “adverse employment action.”  But the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled last week that a New Jersey State Trooper who was subjected to “four or five disciplinary charges”...