Sometime ago, in 2007, a same sex couple wanted to perform a "civil union" ceremony for their family and friends. Were New Jersey a more progressive and enlightened State - a shortcoming dramatically highlighted by the most recent election where other states moved...
Year: 2012
Never Discuss Politics or Religion in Polite Company
Those of us of a certain age remember the admonition as kids, even when it wasn't directed at us. Perhaps we remember it from the cantankerous family gathering around the Thanksgiving table just after a particularly hot election, or as a discussion around certain...
EEOC Shuts the Door On Employer Witness Tampering
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - the EEOC - is the federal agency charged with investigating and remedying employment discrimination and civil rights abuses in the fifty states and territories. Where it can, meaning, where the states...
Once You’ve Paid Your Debt to Society You Deserve the Chance to Work
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced this year that it would begin "cracking down" on employers who consider applicants' criminal backgrounds in hiring decisions (or in firing decisions or discipline).This is a good thing.As an...
Healthcare is a Civil Right
On Thursday, June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the individual insurance requirement which is one of the cornerstones of President Barack Obama's historic healthcare overhaul, derisively called by its opponents "Obama Care" (in the same Orwellian...
New Jersey Employment Attorney Discusses ‘Cat’s Paw’ Liability for Discrimination and Retaliation Claims
The Cat, the Monkey and the ChestnutThere's an old fable about a cat, a monkey and a chestnut, which goes something like this: There are some chestnuts in a fire. The clever monkey wants them, but they're hot and he doesn't want to burn himself. He therefore persuades...
New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Lawyer Discusses Marriage Equality in New Jersey
A rose by any other name . . . still stinksThis isn't the first time I've blogged about the idea of equal marriage rights in our state. I've talked about it before, in more than one way, and on more than one occasion. I've even told the story of the young woman who...
Employment Rights Lawyer Discusses 2011 National Business Ethics Survey ‘Workplace Retaliation on the Rise’
The more things change, the more they stay the same.I thought it was interesting to peruse the results of the Ethics Resource Center, in its "2011 National Business Ethics Survey." Some of you may be fans of some of Adam Sandler's work. One of my guilty pleasures is...
Consumer and Civil Rights Trial Lawyer Discusses Bill Prohibiting Attorney’s Fees for ‘Technical Violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act’
The First Nail in the Coffin of Consumer RightsAssembly Bill 1444, prefiled for introduction for the 2012 session of the New Jersey State Legislature, and sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, seeks to amend New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act to prohibit attorney's...
Employment and Civil Rights Attorney Applauds Appointment of First Openly Gay Supreme Court Justice in New Jersey Bruce Harris
I've been blogging a lot lately because it feels like a lot has been happening.I'm not a GLBT person but you can see my other blog entries where I discuss how important it is that we bring justice to all minorities, including sexual minorities. I have no time for...