FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TRENTON (March 20, 2019)–Murphy administration official Katie Brennan, who came forward about her rape last October, amended her lawsuit today in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer County, against the State of New Jersey and the accused, Al Alvarez, to add a claim of defamation against…
On March 18, 2019, Governor Murphy officially signed S-121 into law that makes any provision in an employment which waives any substantive or procedural right of an employee unenforceable as against New Jersey public policy. Under the new law, New Jersey employers will no longer be able to conceal the…
New Jersey maintains a strong public policy in protecting employees who speak out against the employer’s for engaging in unlawful business activities. The law recognizes that employers are responsible when they try to silence and hurt persons who oppose workplace conduct or activities that endangers people in the workplace and…
The rampant abuse of arbitration agreements, and the injustice that these agreements have created for employees, is finally being recognized and addressed. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, or “FAIR Act,” was introduced to the United States House of Representatives by Representatives Hank Johnson and Richard Blumenthal on February 28, 2019. …
The Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, otherwise referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), requires employers of 100 or more full-time employees to provide advanced notice to terminated employees prior to certain events such as plant closings, operational transfers or terminations, and…
On February 19, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an extensive expansion of New Jersey’s paid Family Leave Insurance program and amends the New Jersey Family Leave Act. The New Jersey paid family leave program, which is about 10 years old, provides employees with paid leave for qualifying reasons…
There are various laws that protect pregnant women from workplace discrimination and that provide for pregnancy related leave from work. In fact, there are both federal and state laws that provide New Jersey employees the right to take pregnancy leave to give and recovery from giving birth. Each of these laws…
In a 2015 case entitled Aguas v. State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Supreme Court adopted the federal standard regarding employer liability for workplace sexual harassment. For the first time, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that an employer can avoid liability in situations where the workplace sexual harassment…
The “Diane B. Allen” New Jersey Equal Pay Act was enacted in April 2018, and made effective as of July 1, 2018. In passing the Equal Pay Act, the legislature did not expressly state that the law would be applied retroactively to claims that arise before July 1, 2018. In…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TRENTON (February 6, 2019)–Following is a statement from Katie Brennan in response to the findings of Peter Verniero’s inquiry into the vetting and hiring processes of the Murphy administration’s transition office: “It’s clear from the report that there was a lack of accountability and effective policies and…