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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. We recommend that you create a weekly job search routine where you search a couple of newspapers, subscribe to online job sites (i.e. monster.com) and contact friends and former colleagues to see if they are aware of any openings. You should keep a journal of your job search activities and keep a copy of all cover letters and resumes sent to prospective employers. Your damages in your NJ Employment Law case may be cut-off if the court finds that you did not do enough to try and mitigate your damages.
If you have any questions regarding NJ Employment Law and your Duty to Mitigate Damages, please contact our NJ Employment Lawyers.