New Jersey Expands Law Against Discrimination to Address Age Discrimination
What You Should Know New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) has been expanded to address age discrimination against employees Government and state employers no …
What You Should Know New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) has been expanded to address age discrimination against employees Government and state employers no …
Many employees do not realize that employers in New Jersey have the right to regulate and prohibit personal lifestyle choices after work and during …
A large number of employers and employees throughout New Jersey sign employment contracts. Unfortunately, many employees often do not read the contracts before they …
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension plans, health …
There are numerous federal and NJ state laws that protect “whistleblowers” who report the unfair or illegal practices of their employers. The CEDA law …
The Federal FMLA provides that employees may take 12 weeks of unpaid leave from their jobs when they have a serious medical condition or …
Shareholder agreements should be essential to every small corporation’s structure. These agreements outline many aspects of corporate government including ownership and voting rights, control …
Recently, I read about a lawsuit brought against a high-level management employee and officer of a corporation who secretly started a competing business against …
Many employees throughout the state of New Jersey have signed employment contracts but are unaware of what exactly their employment contracts say. When they …
A recent Federal court decision in New Jersey upheld a provision in an arbitration agreement that subjected an employee to the imposition of attorney’s …
New Jersey has specific laws in place that prevent discrimination by employers against employees. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination applies to many discrimination …
Understanding NJ contract law is an important function of an Employment Dispute attorney. What is an Employment Contract Dispute An employment contract dispute is …
Recently, one of our corporate clients received a question about one of their former employees and whether this person had worked for our client. …
Tenure for teachers in our public education system has always been a controversial topic except for teachers who generally support the concept. Tenure prevents …
Employers and employees often look upon the Employer-Employee Handbook as an employment agreement. Given that NJ employment laws generally presume at-will employment relationships, many …
Justices place the burden of proof on employers In 2008, I wrote the Supreme Court had further enhanced the ability of older workers to …
Can you recruit that co-worker or former co-worker or key employee of a competitor in New Jersey without the risk of being sued? The …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Employment and Contract Law Attorney The “you work for me at …
Certain employers under this law are required to provide the opportunity for an employee to take leave from the company. Employees who qualify may …
The case can be made that discriminating against an individual in the workplace because of the person’s gender, race religion, and similar characteristics is …
The case can be made that discriminating against an individual in the workplace because of the person’s gender, race, religion, and similar characteristics is …
On-call employees are turning into a growing liability risk for employers, as some are claiming that companies are restricting their freedom too much, and …
There’s Hope in Immunity Whether an employer-employee relationship ends on good terms or with acrimony, a common final act – the employee’s request for …
Employers in service industries are well advised to pay close attention to their practices and policies affecting customers’ tips for their employees. There are …
When an Internet executive held a meeting with the chairman of a tele-communications company, the agenda was a new business idea that the Internet …
There are numerous federal and state laws that protect “whistleblowers” who report the unfair or illegal practices of their employers, of which New Jersey’s …
Millions spend golden years making green Cecil Lawrence’s friends tease him that he’s crazy to work at his age. The 90-year-old glass salesman just …
There are numerous federal and state laws that protect “whistleblowers” who report unfair or illegal practices of their employers, of which New Jersey’s CEPA …
The FLSA requires that employers pay employees a certain minimum wage and pay certain “non-exempt” employees overtime at the rate of one-and-one-half-times their regular …
There are numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations that protect employees from unfair and discriminatory practices in the workplace. Some of them …