In the November elections, NJ voters voted, with 61% in support, to amend the NJ State Constitution to increase the minimum wage, effective January 1, 2014, from $7.25 per hour to $8.25 per hour. The amendment will also require annual increases to the minimum wage in...
Month: January 2014
New Jersey state program model for proposed FAMILY Act
State benefit programs in both New Jersey and California have become the model for a new program that has been proposed at the federal level. The new piece of legislation that has been proposed is one that would take the employee rights enumerated under the Family and...
Director: lower salary offer still ‘good money for an Indian’
In the hierarchy of a corporation, a New Jersey employee may not always agree with the decisions of a supervisor or other individuals higher up on the organizational tree. There are times when subordinates must simply keep their mouths shut and do as instructed. There...
After record highs, discrimination claims decrease in 2013
For three years, the number of discrimination claims that were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were at some of the highest levels in the agency’s history. From 2010 to 2012, there were a minimum of 90,000 claims filed each year. These claims...
227 applicants denied jobs with dairy company based on race, sex
Just before 2013 ended, a settlement was reached in an employment lawsuit involving a New Jersey-based dairy company. Cream-o-Lakes does business in the private and the public sector by providing dairy products to schools, federal agencies and commercial businesses in...
New Jersey Employment & Civil Rights Lawyer Discusses New Jersey Senate Bill 3064, which would extend anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protection to unpaid interns.
Let's pretend that your daughter, all of 22 years old, has just graduated College. She's got a Business Degree, but in the 21st century economy, she's finding the job market tough. She finds, and accepts, a position as a "volunteer intern" with a company where she...