You put your heart and soul into your job with the hopes of receiving a promotion one day. However, when the time comes, you're passed over in favor of another employee.While there are legitimate reasons this could happen, it shouldn't stop you from taking action....
Workplace Discrimination
The effects workplace discrimination has on employees
Discrimination is a serious problem that many people continue to face in today's world. Sadly, many people who experience discrimination encounter it in the workplace. Victims of workplace discrimination can end suffering from various physical and emotional ailments....
Explaining how an attorney evaluates a work discrimination case
Have you been discriminated against in your place of employment? Are you worried that the discrimination might lead to termination? No one should be discriminated against for any reason on the job or in their search for employment.If you decide to speak to an attorney...
Racial discrimination isn’t just unprofessional, it’s illegal
An African American who was hired on a second-grade teacher by administrators at Larchmont Elementary School in 2016, filed a lawsuit against her employer and colleagues on May 29. In her filing, she chronicles how her colleagues were hostile and abusive toward her...
Explaining the Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act is an important piece of legislation that helps protect the pay that employees receive. It states that women are to be paid the same as men if they work in similar jobs in the same company. The jobs do not have to be the same, but they must be at...
Can you be fired for using medical marijuana in New Jersey?
Medical marijuana is legal in the majority of states, including New Jersey. In fact, the New Jersey Senate recently voted overwhelmingly to expand the state's medical marijuana program. Amendments are still being added to the bill, so it hasn't made it to the...
Your rights at work if you have a disability
Disabled workers have rights in the workplace. Whether you have a permanent or temporary disability, you have the right to work at a job and not face discrimination because of your disability. Today, we will review the rights that disabled workers have on the job so...
Why do people still discriminate at work?
Do you ever wonder why discrimination happens? You know what qualifies as discrimination: Treating someone unfairly based on something like their age, gender, race or the like. But why does it happen? It's illegal, and yet it persists.There are a lot of potential...
Types of employer harassment you could face on the job
Harassment in the workplace is a serious issue that affects thousands of employees throughout New Jersey every year. Whether employers realize it or not, their employees might be the victim of harassment by management, co-workers, vendors and other people in the...
Situations where requiring English is not discrimination
Employers all throughout New Jersey know and understand that they cannot discriminate against their employees for various reasons. One of those reasons is language. Employers cannot discriminate against employees because they have an accent or because they speak a...