New Jersey is an at-will employment state. This is to say that, in New Jersey, the default rule is that an employee is at-will unless stated otherwise. This is the default rule in most states. Employment at-will is, generally speaking, the principle that an employee can be fired from a job for...
Category: Wrongful Termination
NJ Wrongful Termination Laws
What is NJ Wrongful Termination?
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Wrongful termination means a very specific thing under New Jersey law. Many terminations can be wrong or unfair but that does not make them wrongful under the law. To have a legal claim, an employee’s termination must break NJ or federal law. ...