As an employee, it is important to understand your legal rights and protections. This includes knowing the difference between being lawfully and unlawfully terminated. This blog will provide an enlightening overview of the legal landscape governing employment termination in New Jersey. The blog goes in-depth to examine the grounds upon which...
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Category: Wrongful Termination
Can At-Will Employees Be Fired for Any Reason?
The majority of workers in New Jersey are at-will employees. These are employees that are not subject to an employment contract nor are they members of a union. At-will employees can, for the most part, be terminated from employment at any time and for pretty much any reason. They are also able...
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How to File a Wrongful Termination Claim
Most employees in the U.S. are considered to be “at will.” In fact, in every state except Montana, the default worker classification is at will. An at will employment relationship means an employee can leave a job at any time and an employer can terminate the employment relationship at any time, for...
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Remedies for Wrongful Termination
Wrongful termination is said to occur when an employer terminates an employee in violation of the employee’s contractual or statutory rights. This means that an unlawful or unethical reason for an employee’s termination could lead to a wrongful termination claim. Most employees are categorized as “at will” employees who can make...
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Implied Contract and Wrongful Termination
In every state, except Montana, there is a presumption that an employment relationship is “at-will.” This means that you will likely be considered an “at-will” employee unless there is a written agreement in place stating otherwise, with some key exceptions. In an at-will employment relationship, an employer is free to terminate the...
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In New Jersey, Can You Be Fired for No Reason?
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...
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NJ Wrongful Termination Laws
What is NJ Wrongful Termination?
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. ...
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