Employees rights advocates and workers across many sectors, mostly in service industry jobs, are closely following both federal and state legislation that would be a huge win for some of the country's most put-upon labor forces. If predictive scheduling measures are...
Year: 2016
The upside of pursuing an employment law case
The CEO of Wells Fargo recently promised to rehire any of the workers it fired under an aggressive, even abusive, sales structure. Whether some or all of those workers will want their jobs back is an interesting question. If you have been the victim of wrongful...
Reasonable accommodations in the workplace
Disability discrimination is a serious matter and it goes well beyond the visual and verbal.Protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), it covers all types of discrimination. An employer can't...
New Jersey Employment and Sexual Harassment Lawyer Discusses the Cost of Donald Trump’s Talk About Women
Or "The Hidden Cost of Trump's Misogyny."I've stayed out of the conversations about the Presidential race because I didn't believe for a second that anyone who still supports Trump would ever change their mind based on anything I might say. Nor do I believe...
Proposed wage law faces uncertain future on governor’s desk
Wage laws are front and center once again for New Jersey, with another equal pay bill making its way to Governor Chris Christie's desk. It is yet to be seen if it will survive the veto that has killed similar bills that have previously made this journey. In the nearly...
New Jersey Employment And Civil Rights Trial Lawyer Discusses Why So few Cases Can Be Filed In Court
"Or, why we'd like to help everyone, and why we can't" I suppose it's been a long time coming, this blog, in which I try to explain briefly why we can only help between 5-10% of the people who reach out to us for help, and why we wish it could be 100% (but why it...
Employee rights extend to breastfeeding mothers
A recently proposed bill would, if passed, would protect the rights of New Jersey breastfeeding mothers at work. Lawmakers are hoping that this proposed bill will eliminate workplace discrimination against these women and protect employee rights by requiring employers...
New Jersey temp workers fear speaking out about violations
While it is a philosophy that in the U.S., justice always prevails, in reality, life isn't always that easy. Justice is hard to come by in various types of legal situations, including in a workers' rights situation in New Jersey.Many of us have begun our careers or...
When does the new overtime rule take effect?
This year, Congress passed a new overtime rule that would increase the salary limit of workers who would be eligible for and guaranteed to be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week. The new rule, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is ready to go...
New Jersey Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Attorney Discusses Nursing Homes And Binding Arbitration For Abused Victims
"Or... the First of the Dominoes to (Finally!) Fall for Forced Arbitration"If you search the word "arbitration" in any of my past blogs over the years, you'll know what arbitration really is versus what its proponents say it is. The short review: Arbitration is a...