You Have Rights in New Jersey If You Were a Whistleblower and Your Employer...
As you may know, employers generally are prohibited from retaliating against you if you speak up +and oppose discrimination or sexual harassment (targeted at you or someone else.) However, here in New...
View ArticleImpermissible Retaliation Actions in New Jersey Workplaces and What You Can...
When you get hurt on the job and become disabled (either temporarily or permanently) as a result, your employer may fear the consequences… on their bottom line. Many of those same (improper)...
View ArticleA North Jersey Employer Pays Its Former Marketing Director $195K After the AG...
Adding to your family as a result of a pregnancy should be a joyful time. However, for too many parents, especially new mothers, having a baby and caring for that new child is fraught with difficulties...
View ArticleDiversity Jurisdiction and Overcoming Defense Claims of ‘Fraudulent Joinder’...
There might be various reasons why you’d prefer to litigate your New Jersey discrimination case in a state Superior Court as opposed to a federal District Court. (You may have considered issues of...
View ArticleHow Your Employer’s Inconsistent Application of Discipline Can Strengthen...
As children, many of us decried what we saw as inconsistent treatment of ourselves versus peers or siblings with the oft-used refrain “that’s not fair!” For adults, when inconsistent treatment in the...
View ArticleWhat It Does — and Doesn’t Take to Establish a Case for Retaliation in...
We probably all can imagine what a workplace retaliation situation might look like. An employee speaks up against discrimination, harassment, or some other illegal conduct, and for speaking out, that...
View ArticleA Trenton Police Officer Demoted After Confronting a Colleague About His...
When your employer retaliates against you because you stood up against illegal conduct — such as discrimination or sexual harassment — it has engaged in illegal conduct in New Jersey. That’s equally...
View ArticleMandatory Arbitration Agreements and Sexual Harassment Claims in New Jersey...
New laws, including a federal bill signed into law in March 2022, have helped to give workers harmed by sexual harassment and/or sexual assault a greater degree of power when they seek to resolve those...
View ArticleHow an Employer’s Internal Investigation May Form the Basis of an Employee’s...
Workers who raise complaints of discrimination face many on-the-job risks, including retaliatory termination. Sometimes, the retaliatory motive may be evident in the employer’s stated (bogus) reason...
View ArticleAdvancing a Viable Retaliation Claim in New Jersey, Even Without Successfully...
As this blog has discussed before — but it definitely bears repeating again — when an employer retaliates against an employee for pursuing a claim of discrimination or harassment, that employee can...
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