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2024-10-31: Updated: 2024-10-31 09:58:59 Bill to Expand New Jersey Family Leave Act to Cover Bereavement Passes in Assembly

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2024-05-06: Updated: 2024-05-06 12:03:06 Supreme Court Invalidates State Workplace Confidentiality Directive Regulation

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2022-08-25: Updated: 2022-08-26 15:16:02 Court Reaffirms that New Jersey’s Whistleblower Protection Law Is Not Bound By the Borders of the State

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2022-08-09: Updated: 2022-09-06 12:15:31 Misclassification of Employees Leads to Unpaid Unemployment & Missed Disability Contributions

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2021-10-09: Updated: 2022-08-09 16:41:54 NJ State Troopers File Lawsuit Following Years of Homophobic and Racial Harassment

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2021-09-18: Updated: 2022-08-09 16:01:44 Hudson County Prosecutors Office Employees to Be Disciplined for Inappropriate Social Media Posts

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2021-08-19: Updated: 2021-08-19 09:07:03 Legal Protections for Covid-19 Related Workplace Leaves

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2021-08-11: Updated: 2022-08-09 16:09:43 Court Rules No Violation of First Amendment For Woman’s “Maskless Tirade”

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2021-07-30: Updated: 2021-08-19 09:31:54 3rd Circuit Recognizes Associational Discrimination Under Title VII

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2021-07-20: Updated: 2021-08-19 10:05:30 Airline Responsibility to Accommodate Passengers with Disabilities Beyond the Aisle

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2021-07-10: Updated: 2021-07-30 14:13:10 President Biden Signs Executive Order Encouraging Bans on Non-Compete Agreements

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2021-06-24: Updated: 2021-06-24 10:18:43 Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That Two Racial Slurs Are Enough to Establish a Hostile Work Environment

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2021-06-23: Updated: 2021-07-12 23:56:10 Supreme Court Sides With SnapChat Cheerleaders and Extends First Amendment to Protect Public Students Profane Off-Campus Statements

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2021-06-17: Updated: 2021-06-17 09:43:03 Supreme Court: Showing of Adverse Employment Act Not Required For Failure-to-Accommodate Disability Claim

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2021-05-26: Updated: 2021-05-26 17:04:50 Neuwirth Seeks to Amend Whistleblower Lawsuit to Add Claims of Defamation Against Governor Murphy and Assemblyman DePhillips

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2021-05-21: Updated: 2021-05-21 08:51:30 Cuomo’s Definition of Sexual Harassment with New York Law

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2021-05-03: Updated: 2021-05-10 09:17:31 High School Cheerleaders Free Speech Case Heads US Supreme Court

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2021-04-23: Updated: 2021-04-23 09:30:54 Ocean City Beach Patrol Accused of Rampant Sexual Harassment and Assault of Teen Lifeguards

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2021-04-16: Updated: 2021-04-16 11:22:02 #KnowYourRights Alert: Federal Government Is Now Subsidizing Cobra Coverage for Eligible Employees

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2021-04-06: Updated: 2021-04-12 23:24:48 Trump Campaign Gag Orders Are Unenforceable Against Employees Exercising First Amendment Rights

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2021-03-28: Updated: 2021-04-12 23:15:11 Residency Requirement for Public Employees Receives Court Scrutiny

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2021-03-10: Updated: 2021-03-10 15:11:55 How Political Rhetoric Has Exacerbated Discrimination Towards Asian Americans During COVID-19 Pandemic

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2021-02-24: Updated: 2021-02-24 09:23:05 New Jersey to Consider Massive Reforms to Law Governing Employee Non-Competition Agreements

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2021-02-18: Updated: 2021-02-18 15:10:54 Sexual Assault At Women’s Prisons Violates the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

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2021-02-11: Updated: 2021-02-11 12:34:53 Manchester HS Basketball Star Exercises First Amendment Rights In Response to BOE’s Attempt to Silence Her

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2021-02-05: Updated: 2021-02-05 09:58:22 New Jersey Grapples with the Appropriate Use of Sheltered Workshops for Disabled Workers

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2021-01-20: Updated: 2021-01-20 15:36:52 Court Revives Nurse’s Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Services

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2021-01-14: Updated: 2021-01-14 13:19:50 The Persistent Problem of Sexual Harassment and Assault within the Military

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2021-01-06: Updated: 2021-01-06 10:37:24 New Jersey Court Rules that Liquidated Damages Available Retroactively for Pre-2019 Wage Payment Violations

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2020-12-21: Updated: 2020-12-21 09:42:33 Are Companies Improperly Using Force Majeure Provisions to Cheat Sales Reps Out of COVID-19 Commissions?

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2020-11-18: Updated: 2020-11-17 23:32:10 Student Kicked Off Volleyball Team for Having Epilepsy — What Disability Discrimination Looks Like in Schools

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2020-11-09: Updated: 2020-11-17 12:18:27 How the EEOC is Hindering State’s Ability to Identify Systemic Employment Discrimination

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2020-11-03: Updated: 2020-11-03 10:20:55 One Racist Comment Is Enough: How New Jersey Protects Employees From Workplace Harassment Where Other States Don’t

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2020-10-21: Updated: 2020-10-21 13:00:57 Female Professors Sue Rutgers for Equal Pay Violations

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2020-10-14: Updated: 2020-10-14 11:28:50 Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in New Jersey Police Departments

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2020-10-07: Updated: 2020-10-07 20:27:34 Princeton University Settles Female Professors Equal Pay Lawsuit for $1.2 million

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2020-09-28: Updated: 2020-10-07 20:11:44 MTV Jersey Shore Star Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for 350K

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2020-09-14: Updated: 2020-09-22 11:18:37 New Jersey Expands Hate Crime Law

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2020-09-04: Updated: 2020-09-21 21:39:30 Protecting U.S. Postal Workers From Whistle-blowing Retaliation

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2020-08-26: Updated: 2020-08-26 13:56:41 Teacher Requests for Leave Are Forcing Some Schools to All-Remote Learning

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2020-08-19: Updated: 2020-08-19 09:35:01 A Long Way To Go: NJCASA Releases Report on Sexual Harassment in New Jersey Politics

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2020-08-13: Updated: 2020-08-13 14:22:51 Federal Bill Introduced to Protect Primary Caregivers From Workplace Discrimination

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2020-08-06: Updated: 2020-08-06 13:57:39 Questions Arise as to Whether Employers Will be Able to Enforce Arbitration Agreements in Employment Contracts When it Comes to Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

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2020-07-30: Updated: 2020-08-05 11:09:55 Even Negotiations In Good Faith Will Not Protect an Employer Who Fails to Promptly Rehire an Active Duty Military Service Employee Upon Return From Deployment

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2020-07-23: Updated: 2020-07-23 12:25:42 Amazon Must Defend Itself Against Allegations of Wage and Hour Laws Violations Against New Jersey Employees

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2020-07-16: Updated: 2020-07-16 11:30:35 The Duty to Mitigate Damages Applies to All Litigants: Even NFL Coaches

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2020-07-01: Updated: 2020-07-01 11:40:04 The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act Covers Leave for Closed Summer Camps

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2020-06-26: Updated: 2020-06-26 13:28:17 Smith Eibeler Applauds Middletown North Valedictorian Jada Tulloch for Her Courageous Exercise of First Amendment Rights

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2020-06-16: Updated: 2020-06-16 13:21:50 NJDOH Whistleblower Files Suit for Wrongful Termination

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2020-06-13: Updated: 2020-06-13 15:19:40 NFL Players Suing United Airlines Highlight Issue of Anonymity for Victims of Sexual Harassment

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2020-05-30: Updated: 2020-06-03 21:14:14 BARDA Doctor’s Whistleblower Complaint Brings Conscientious Employee Protections into the Covid-19 Discussion

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2020-05-21: Updated: 2020-05-26 13:04:39 New Jersey Amends Workers Compensation to Protect Essential Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

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2020-05-15: Updated: 2020-05-15 13:48:54 Katie Brennan, State of New Jersey, Murphy campaign, Al Alvarez reach $1m settlement in sexual assault suit

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2020-05-14: Updated: 2020-05-14 11:47:17 Court Affirms Verdict of Transgender Person Harassed by Jersey City Police Department

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2020-05-05: Updated: 2020-05-05 14:32:08 New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Medical Leave Reasonable Accommodation Verdict

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2020-04-22: Updated: 2020-04-22 15:01:29 How the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Can Provide Help to New Jersey Workers

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2020-04-15: Updated: 2020-04-15 10:34:35 New Jersey Expands Family Leave Act to Provide COVID-19-Related Job Protection

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2020-04-08: Updated: 2020-04-08 16:43:08 Do COVID-19 Whistleblowers Have Legal Protection Against Workplace Retaliation?

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2020-03-28: Updated: 2020-03-28 13:51:04 Federal Omnibus “CARES Act” Provides Aid to New Jersey Workers

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2020-03-25: Updated: 2020-03-25 15:40:17 Can an Employee be Terminated for Reporting Violations of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Executive Order 107?

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2020-03-24: Updated: 2020-03-24 15:01:02 Is it Unlawful to Terminate an Employee Because they have COVID-19?

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2020-03-21: Updated: 2020-03-21 10:45:00 New Jersey COVID-19 Legislative Update

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2020-03-16: Updated: 2020-03-16 14:48:44 New Jersey Legislature Releases Proposed COVID-19 Employment Protections

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2020-03-15: Updated: 2020-03-15 10:36:17 Can I Collect Benefits Due to Corona Virus-Related Layoff or Business Closing?

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2020-03-15: Updated: 2020-03-15 12:28:32 Can I Collect Benefits If I Need Leave From Work Because of the Corona Virus?

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2020-03-12: Updated: 2020-03-12 16:56:36 Supreme Court Allows Employee Terminated for Medical Marijuana Law to Proceed with Discrimination Lawsuit

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2020-03-05: Updated: 2020-03-05 13:35:21 Division of Civil Rights Publishes New Jersey Equal Pay Act Guidelines

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2020-02-27: Updated: 2020-02-27 11:57:56 Revisiting Battaglia v. UPS: New Jersey Employment Retaliation Law

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2020-02-18: Updated: 2020-02-18 20:48:43 Katie Brennan Lays Out Policy Reform Recommendations to Address Sexual Violence, Harassment in NJ Politics

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2020-02-18: Updated: 2020-02-18 15:12:10 New Jersey DCR Releases Findings and Recommendations Aimed to Prevent and Eliminate Sexual Harassment

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2020-02-12: Updated: 2020-02-16 20:49:58 Jury Awards $2.4 million in Sexual Harassment Trial Against PNC Bank

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2020-02-05: Updated: 2020-02-14 15:00:07 New Jersey Law to Require Severance Payment in Mass Layoffs

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2020-01-29: Updated: 2020-01-29 09:13:57 Hollywood Establishes a Commission to Address Problems of Systemic Sexual Harassment

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2020-01-22: Updated: 2020-01-22 10:33:24 New Jersey Passes Employee Misclassification Laws for Workers 

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2020-01-15: Updated: 2020-01-15 14:56:18 New Jersey to Propose Legislation Addressing Systemic Sexual Harassment within Political Campaigns  

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2020-01-07: Updated: 2020-01-07 10:37:37 NJ Court Finds Ocean Township Police Department’s Pregnancy Leave Policy Unlawful

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2019-12-31: Updated: 2019-12-31 11:55:37 Recent Decision Could Spell More Overtime Pay For New Jersey Workers

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2019-12-27: Updated: 2019-12-27 12:25:50 United Airlines Settles Cyber Sexual Harassment Lawsuit with EEOC

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2019-12-18: Updated: 2019-12-18 11:27:17 New Jersey Moves Forward with Hair Discrimination Law

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2019-12-12: Updated: 2019-12-12 15:11:52 Lift Our Voices: National Effort to Curb the Use of NDAs

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2019-12-11: Updated: 2019-12-12 14:51:43 Sexual Harassment on the Campaign Trail

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2019-12-05: Updated: 2019-12-05 15:56:45 Court Upholds Verdict In Favor of Whistleblower Who Complained Of Misuse of Public Funds

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2019-11-27: Updated: 2019-12-04 12:03:34 New Jersey Legislature Grapples with Amending Worker Misclassification Law

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2019-11-21: Updated: 2019-11-23 18:03:19 New Jersey Transgender Equality Task Force Issues Recommendations to Address LGBTQ Discrimination

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2019-11-13: Updated: 2019-11-13 11:55:06 New York Becomes Latest State to Exempt Breastfeeding Moms from Jury Duty: Will New Jersey Follow?

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2019-11-07: Updated: 2019-11-07 09:17:53 New Study Shows Uptick in College Sexual Assaults

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2019-10-28: Updated: 2019-10-27 23:00:40 NBC Relieves Sexually Harassed Employees From Confidentiality Obligations

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2019-10-25: Updated: 2019-10-25 09:16:53 Federal Court Rules HR Director Inquiries into a Workplace Investigation as Protected Speech under First Amendment

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2019-10-17: Updated: 2019-10-17 14:55:44 New Jersey Court Rules that ADP Can Be Liable for Discrimination as a Professional Employer Organization

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2019-10-10: Updated: 2019-10-10 11:47:19 New Jersey Disability Discrimination Law: Revisiting Tynan v. Vicinage 13

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2019-10-02: Updated: 2019-10-02 11:50:13 SCOTUS Watch: Significant Employment Decisions on the Horizon

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2019-09-24: Updated: 2019-09-24 12:14:57 Sex Discrimination in College Athletic Departments

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2019-09-18: Updated: 2019-09-18 12:17:53 Can the Mere Presence of a Sexual Harasser Constitute A Hostile Work Environment?

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2019-09-11: Updated: 2019-09-11 14:08:46 New York Follows New Jersey’s Lead in Adopting Laws to Combat Wage Inequality and Workplace Discrimination

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2019-09-05: Updated: 2019-09-05 10:52:30 Federal District Court Refuses YMCA’s Request for Gag Rule in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit 

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2019-08-29: Updated: 2019-08-29 09:03:54 Court Affirms Hostile Work Environment Verdict Against Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office

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2019-08-21: Updated: 2019-08-21 12:30:32 Out of Control: New Jersey Independent Contractor Misclassification Tackled by Task Force

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2019-08-13: Updated: 2019-08-13 12:10:49 NJ Courts Clarify Restrictive Covenant Agreement Limitations

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2019-08-07: Updated: 2019-08-07 10:21:46 New Jersey Passes Landmark Wage Theft Law

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2019-08-06: Updated: 2019-08-06 09:59:12 Age Discrimination in Big Tech

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2019-07-31: Updated: 2019-07-31 10:08:08 Congress Tackles Pregnancy Discrimination: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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2019-07-26: Updated: 2019-08-16 18:38:46 New Jersey Passes Law Prohibiting Employers From Requiring Salary Disclosures of Job Applicants

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2019-07-25: Updated: 2019-07-25 10:24:15 New Jersey Supreme Court Guards Whistleblower Claims under CEPA

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2019-07-17: Updated: 2019-07-17 09:36:36 Second Circuit Court Denies Trump the Ability to Block Twitter Critics

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2019-07-11: Updated: 2019-07-11 11:24:11 US Supreme Court: Title VII Filing Requirement is Not Jurisdictional

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2019-07-02: Updated: 2019-07-31 12:49:05 After Calabotta: Certain Out-of-State Employees Protected by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

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2019-06-27: Updated: 2019-06-27 12:04:56 New Jersey Passes “Panic Button Bill” to Protect Hotel Workers from Sexual Harassment

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2019-06-20: Updated: 2019-07-31 12:56:29 Evening the Playing Field: US Women’s Soccer Fights For Equal Pay

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2019-06-12: Updated: 2019-06-12 12:50:23 JP Morgan-Chase Settles Sex Discrimination Lawsuit With Primary Care Giver (“PCG”) Father Employees

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2019-06-06: Updated: 2019-06-06 10:34:20 Court Agrees: “Borgata Babes” Stated Valid Claim for Unlawful Discrimination

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2019-05-31: Updated: 2019-05-31 14:14:38 Sexual Aggressors to Forfeit State Pensions Under Proposed Bill

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2019-05-23: Updated: 2019-05-23 12:09:12 New Jersey Law Protects Employee Who Failed Drug Test For Medical Marijuana

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2019-05-09: Updated: 2019-05-09 17:59:51 Teacher blamed for Trump yearbook controversy demands Wall Township lift gag order, allow her to talk to media

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2019-05-06: Updated: 2019-05-06 21:21:18 Teacher scapegoated in Wall Township yearbook controversy files suit

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2019-04-22: Updated: 2019-04-22 16:56:54 New Jersey’s Strict Confidentiality Directive Continues to Silence Victims of Sexual Harassment

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2019-04-12: Updated: 2019-07-31 12:58:45 New York City Bans Hair Discrimination

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2019-04-03: Updated: 2019-04-03 11:58:56 No More ‘No Poach’ Contracts for Some Fast-Food Employees

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2019-03-26: Updated: 2021-03-30 12:30:19 #KnowYourRights: Workplace Breastfeeding under New Jersey Law

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2019-03-20: Updated: 2019-03-20 21:30:06 Katie Brennan amends lawsuit against State of New Jersey and Al Alvarez

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2019-03-19: Updated: 2019-03-19 10:22:56 New Jersey Passes NDA Bill Prohibiting Confidentiality of Sexual Harassment Claims

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2019-03-15: Updated: 2019-03-15 12:33:49 Who is a Whistleblower under New Jersey law?

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2019-03-06: Updated: 2019-03-06 11:26:06 Congress Introduces FAIR Act Act to Curb Forced Arbitration of Employment Claims

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2019-02-25: Updated: 2019-02-25 11:45:10 Proposed Changes to the New Jersey Warn Act

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2019-02-20: Updated: 2019-02-20 13:33:04 New Jersey Paid Family Leave Extended – Signed Into Law

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2019-02-19: Updated: 2021-03-30 12:30:59 What Laws Govern Pregnancy Leave for New Jersey Employees?

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2019-02-11: Updated: 2019-02-11 11:44:17 New Jersey Sexual Harassment Law: Revisiting Aguas v. State of New Jersey

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2019-02-07: Updated: 2019-02-07 10:30:01 Federal Court Refuses to Apply New Jersey Equal Pay Act Retroactively

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2019-02-06: Updated: 2019-02-06 19:33:57 Katie Brennan responds to Verniero report

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2019-02-05: Updated: 2019-02-07 21:16:32 Brennan attorney responds to Murphy HR policy revisions

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2019-02-04: Updated: 2019-02-04 15:21:18 Legislature Passes Bill Enhancing NJ Paid Family Leave Benefits

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2019-01-28: Updated: 2019-01-28 11:26:23 New Jersey Sexual Harassment Law: Revisiting Gaines v. Bellino

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2019-01-23: Updated: 2019-02-06 10:27:24 Brennan’s legal team responds to Middlesex County Prosecutor’s refusal to prosecute rapist Al Alvarez

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2019-01-15: Updated: 2019-01-15 09:53:45 New Jersey Sexual Harassment Law: Revisiting Lehmann v. Toys ‘R’ Us

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2019-01-08: Updated: 2019-01-08 10:55:13 Katie Brennan files Emergent Application Seeking to End the State of New Jersey’s Use of Strict Confidentiality Directive

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2019-01-02: Updated: 2019-01-02 14:55:13 When is an Employer Responsible for Sexual Harassment?

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2018-12-27: Updated: 2018-12-27 11:48:36 Orchestra Pay Scales Out of Tune: Boston Symphony Orchestra Sued for Gender Based Wage Discrimination

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2018-12-19: Updated: 2018-12-19 11:49:34 Death of Taxes: Bill Allowing Plaintiffs in Fee-shifting Discrimination and Qui Tam Cases to Claim Income Tax Exclusion Gets Final Legislative Approval

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2018-12-12: Updated: 2018-12-12 13:09:59 What is Unlawful Workplace Sexual Harassment under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

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2018-12-03: Updated: 2018-12-03 12:57:58 Opening the Courthouse Doors: Employers Move Away from Arbitration

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2018-11-29: Updated: 2019-02-06 10:26:16 Katie Brennan responds to AG’s finding in review of rape investigation

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2018-11-06: Updated: 2019-07-31 14:02:41 Pay Inequality in BigLaw Firms

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2018-11-02: Updated: 2018-11-02 10:33:54 Just Desserts: Child Slavery Suit Against Chocolate Companies Can Go Forward

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2018-10-24: Updated: 2018-10-24 10:19:51 Why Manufacturer Representatives Should Have Termination Clauses In their Contracts

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2018-10-15: Updated: 2018-10-15 13:26:19 What is “Misconduct” under New Jersey Unemployment Law?

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2018-10-11: Updated: 2018-10-11 16:29:46 EEOC Releases Preliminary Report Showing Increase in Sexual Harassment Claims in 2018

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2018-10-03: Updated: 2018-10-03 11:23:54 New Jersey Court Allows Sales Representative Lawsuit for Unpaid Commissions to Proceed

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2018-09-28: Updated: 2018-09-28 10:21:55 Investigation Reveals A Culture of Sexual Harassment Within Dallas Mavericks Organization

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2018-09-18: Updated: 2018-09-18 16:27:43 Court Affirms Jury Verdict Against Costco for Customer Sexual Harassment Toward Employee

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2018-09-13: Updated: 2018-09-13 12:18:56 Appellate Division Remands Employee’s Unemployment Appeal Dismissed For Failing to Register For Appeal Tribunal Hearing

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2018-09-07: Updated: 2018-09-07 16:24:41 New Jersey Court Strikes Punitive Damage Bar in Employment Arbitration Agreement

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2018-08-27: Updated: 2018-08-27 12:25:26 New Jersey Abandons Severe Misconduct Disqualification of Unemployment Benefits

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2018-08-22: Updated: 2018-08-22 13:32:07 Court of Appeals Allows Disabled Employee To Pursue ADA Wrongful Termination Claims

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2018-08-13: Updated: 2018-08-13 10:57:24 New Jersey Seeks to End Confidentiality of Sexual Harassment Lawsuits

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2018-08-06: Updated: 2018-08-06 09:24:30 NJ Court Upholds $525,000 Sexual Harassment Jury Verdict

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2018-08-02: Updated: 2018-08-02 15:27:13 Court Affirms Arbitrator’s Award Upholding Termination of Veteran Teacher for Shoplifting

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2018-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-25 13:07:26 Soccer Star Leaves Germany’s National Team Because of Persistent Racial Harassment

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2018-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 11:21:05 New Jersey AG to Investigate Non-Compete Agreements in Fast Food Industry

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2018-07-13: Updated: 2018-07-12 23:50:08 EEOC Task Force Reconvenes to Discuss How to Transform #MeToo into Harassment-Free Workplaces

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2018-07-07: Updated: 2018-07-07 10:01:18 Third Circuit Decision Cites to #MeToo Movement in Holding that Failure to Report Supervisor’s Sexual Harassment is Not Per Se Unreasonable

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2018-07-01: Updated: 2018-06-28 15:43:57 New Jersey Equal Pay Act Takes Effect Today

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2018-06-27: Updated: 2018-06-27 16:49:38 USTA Changes Pregnancy Accommodation Policy

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2018-06-25: Updated: 2018-06-25 17:20:40 Holmdel Graduate Denied Accommodation at High School Graduation Ceremony

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2018-06-20: Updated: 2018-06-21 16:31:04 Recent Court Cases Highlight the Epidemic of Workplace Harassment

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2018-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-09 18:23:01 Proposed Legislation Would Restrict the Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements for New Jersey Employees

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2018-06-04: Updated: 2018-06-14 11:12:05 The Supreme Court Takes the (Wedding) Cake

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2018-06-01: Updated: 2018-06-01 16:34:15 Legislation Proposed to Assure Freelance Workers Are Paid For Work Performed

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2018-05-30: Updated: 2018-05-30 17:50:03 The Long Arm of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

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2018-05-18: Updated: 2018-05-18 17:21:56 Appellate Division Allows Detective’s Whistleblower Lawsuit to Proceed

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2018-05-10: Updated: 2018-05-11 09:57:19 Employee Eligible for Unemployment Benefits After Resigning Under the Threat of Imminent Termination

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2018-05-04: Updated: 2018-05-04 18:31:49 Misreading the Hearing Date Notice is Not Good Cause for Appeal of Unemployment Benefits

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2018-04-25: Updated: 2018-04-25 07:46:18 New Jersey Passes Strongest Equal Pay Law in the Nation

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2018-04-18: Updated: 2018-04-19 07:18:01 Two Recent Court Decisions Provide Employees Avenues to Challenge Non-Compete Agreements

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2018-04-14: Updated: 2018-04-14 16:05:00 New Jersey Set to Pass Paid Sick Leave Law

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2018-04-09: Updated: 2018-04-09 20:11:47 Supreme Court Punts on Deciding Whether ADA Could Require More than 12 Weeks of Medical Leave As A Reasonable Accommodation

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2018-04-02: Updated: 2018-04-02 13:52:48 Court rules that Employer Violates New Jersey Discrimination Laws for Firing Employee who Refused to Sign Arbitration Agreement

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2018-03-30: Updated: 2018-03-30 11:48:40 Congress Passes the “Save America’s Pastime Act” to Screw Minor League Baseball Players Out of Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay

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2018-03-28: Updated: 2018-03-28 11:45:41 New Jersey To Enact the Nation’s Toughest Equal Pay Law

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2018-03-16: Updated: 2018-03-26 11:52:49 Unemployment Benefits for Job Switchers-the New Jersey Supreme Court Will Now Weigh In

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2018-03-15: Updated: 2018-03-15 22:45:32 Know Your Rights: Collecting Unemployment Benefits When Having to Quit A Job Because Of A Medical Condition

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2018-03-08: Updated: 2021-03-11 17:09:00 New Jersey Employee Found Eligible for Unemployment Benefits After Voluntarily Leaving Work Because of Continuous Harassment

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2016-08-07: Updated: 2017-03-07 17:16:49 Employee Eligible For Unemployment Benefits For Weeks She Made Attempts To File Claim

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2016-05-24: Updated: 2016-05-24 16:01:16 Court of Appeals Rejects Walmart Appeal Seeking to Overturn Disability Retaliation Verdict

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2016-05-17: Updated: 2016-05-17 12:23:27 5 Million Workers Likely To Soon Have Right to Receive Overtime Pay

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2016-05-02: Updated: 2016-05-02 11:17:15 New Jersey Supreme Court: Treating Doctor Permitted to Testify Concerning Employee’s Disability for Discrimination Claim

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2016-04-22: Updated: 2018-02-21 14:22:21 Hey Independent Sales Rep… Don’t Write Off Your Unpaid Sales Commission Just Yet

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2016-04-14: Updated: 2016-04-14 15:59:16 Appellate Division: Employee Terminated for Refusing Flu Vaccination is Entitled to New Jersey Unemployment Benefits

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2015-08-01: Updated: 2016-04-14 16:01:05 New Jersey Court Finds the Board of Review Again Misapplies Severe Misconduct Standard

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2014-10-10: Updated: 2015-06-09 12:22:52 Legal Issues Surrounding the Sayreville Football Scandal

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2014-03-16: Updated: 2014-03-16 16:26:37 Proposed Bill Limits New Jersey Employers’ Ability to Restrain Ex-Employees Based on Unemployment Benefits Eligibility

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2013-11-08: Updated: 2013-11-08 11:57:19 Case Study: Was Jonathan Martin the Victim of an Unlawful Hostile Work Environment under New Jersey Law?

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2013-07-31: Updated: 2013-07-31 16:41:05 What constitutes “Severe Misconduct” under New Jersey Unemployment Law?

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2013-05-20: Updated: 2013-05-20 11:17:17 Appellate Division Remands Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case Back for Trial

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2013-04-04: Updated: 2013-04-04 09:00:42 Did ex-Rutgers Basketball Coach Mike Rice Create an Illegal Hostile Work Environment in Violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination?

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2013-03-01: Updated: 2013-03-01 12:36:20 COURT FINDS EMPLOYER’S ALCOHOL POLICY IMPOSED ONLY ON RECOVERING ALCOHOLICS IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW JERSEY LAW AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

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2013-02-01: Updated: 2013-02-01 11:11:29 Is Houston Rockets’ Royce White’s Request For His Own Doctor to Have Final Say As to Whether He Can Play a Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

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2013-01-10: Updated: 2013-01-10 09:55:21 SUMMARY JUDGMENT DENIED WHERE GENUINE ISSUES OF MATERIAL FACT EXIST AS TO WHETHER EMPLOYEE WAS FIRED FOR POOR PERFORMANCE OR IN VIOLATION OF FMLA PROTECTED RIGHTS

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2012-12-27: Updated: 2012-12-27 15:03:37 Employer’s Best-Qualified Policy to Fill Vacant Positions does not Negate Requirement to Provide a Reassignment Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act

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2012-11-30: Updated: 2012-11-30 15:45:53 NEW JERSEY BILL LOOKS TO FINALLY DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “SIMPLE MISCONDUCT” AND “SEVERE MISCONDUCT” IN NEW JERSEY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW

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2012-11-15: Updated: 2012-11-15 14:10:02 Being Told of Likely Termination Is Not Considered Good Cause to Quit and Receive New Jersey Unemployment Benefits

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2012-10-15: Updated: 2012-10-15 13:54:01 Employee Required to Repay New Jersey Emergency Unemployment Compensation Benefits

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2012-09-15: Updated: 2012-09-15 13:18:25 Employee Disqualified from Receiving Unemployment Benefits for Failing to Adhere to Employer’s Call Out Procedure

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2012-08-15: Updated: 2012-08-15 10:29:34 NEW JERSEY COURT DENIES EMPLOYER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN AGE DISCRMINATION CASE

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2012-07-30: Updated: 2012-07-30 15:52:51 QUITING WORK DUE TO DISSATISFACTION WITH COMPENSATION DISQUALIFIES CLAIMANT FROM RECEIVING NEW JERSEY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

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2012-07-13: Updated: 2012-07-13 11:51:42 Appellate Division Affirms Award for Retaliatory Discharge in Violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Despite Finding there was No Discrimination on the Basis of Race

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2012-06-27: Updated: 2012-06-27 15:37:06 New Jersey Court Vacates and Remands Decision Disqualifying Employee From Receiving Unemployment Benefits for Failing to Provide Adequate Documentation of Familial Relationship with Deceased Grandfather

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2012-06-14: Updated: 2012-06-14 11:06:23 Court Finds No Need to Request Accommodation For Overall Access to Public Facilities Before Filing Suit under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

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2012-05-18: Updated: 2012-05-18 09:55:02 Claimant Not Required to Repay Unemployment Compensation Benefits Improperly Paid to Him

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2012-05-08: Updated: 2012-05-08 16:43:48 Employee Terminated for Testifying in Co-workers Discrimination Lawsuit May Proceed with Anti-Retaliation Lawsuit

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2012-04-23: Updated: 2012-04-23 10:52:02 Non-Jewish Employee Subjected to Anti-Semitic Harassment May Proceed with Religious Discrimination Claim

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2012-04-15: Updated: 2012-04-15 22:28:06 A Forced Resignation Is Not a Disqualification of New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Benefits

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2012-03-30: Updated: 2012-03-30 13:16:45 QUITING WORK TO CARE FOR CHILDREN DISQUALIFIES CLAIMANT FROM RECEIVING NEW JERSEY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

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2012-03-09: Updated: 2012-03-09 11:35:48 Employee Who Loses Job While In Jail Held Ineligible For New Jersey Unemployment Benefits

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2012-02-24: Updated: 2012-02-24 16:35:42 CLAIMANT HELD INELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR VOLUNTARILY QUITING BEFORE RECEIVING APPROVAL OF TRANSFER REQUEST

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2012-02-14: Updated: 2012-02-14 21:53:10 SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC AGENCY CAN BE LIABLE AS AN EMPLOYER UNDER THE FMLA

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2012-02-06: Updated: 2012-02-06 23:05:05 GOOD FAITH MISTAKE OF RECEIVING DOUBLE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IS NO DEFENSE

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2012-01-27: Updated: 2012-01-27 16:38:45 New Jersey Supreme Court Affirms Contingency Fee Enhancements for New Jersey Discrimination Lawyers

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2012-01-19: Updated: 2012-01-19 21:31:59 Asking Family and Friends About Jobs Is Not Enough To Be Actively Seeking Work To Receive New Jersey Unemployment Benefits

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2012-01-10: Updated: 2012-01-10 16:47:57 RACE DISCRIMINATION CASE MOVES FORWARD TO TRIAL

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2011-12-28: Updated: 2011-12-28 10:32:48 Claimant Denied New Jersey Unemployment Benefits for Leaving Work to go to Cuba for Medical Treatment

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2011-12-17: Updated: 2011-12-17 15:32:25 Two Recent Unemployment Appeals Dismissed for Late Filing Without Good Cause

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2011-11-22: Updated: 2011-11-22 16:32:06 Communication Breakdown with Employer Does Not Result in Employee’s Disqualification of Unemployment Benefits

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2011-11-04: Updated: 2011-11-04 13:44:03 CLAIMANT WHO VOLUNTARILY LEFT HER EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

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2011-10-15: Updated: 2011-10-15 14:21:53 Bill Introduced to Expand FMLA Protections to Victims of Domestic Violence

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2011-09-26: Updated: 2011-09-26 16:21:23 American Jobs Act Proposes Banning Unemployment Discrimination

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2011-09-14: Updated: 2011-09-14 16:50:56 NEW JERSEY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LAW UPDATE – SEPTEMBER, 2011

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