Your Options for Filing a New Jersey Employment Discrimination Claim
Employees and job candidates in New Jersey and around the country have the right to be free from discrimination in the workplace. Despite state and federal laws that prohibit employers from treating people differently based on race, age, sex, religion, disability and other protected characteristics, the problem persists. If you have been discriminated against at… Read More »
Employers Can’t Discriminate Based on Your Immigration Status
It’s widely known that federal civil rights laws outlaw employment discrimination on certain bases, such as race, gender and religion. But did you know that it’s also against the law for most employers to discriminate against people on the basis of their legal immigration status? A section of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) prohibits… Read More »
How to Know If You’ve Been Wrongfully Terminated
In New Jersey, most people who work are at-will employees. This means their employer can fire them for most any reason, or for no reason at all, as long as no federal or state law is violated. But if you’ve been fired, it’s not always easy to figure out the true motives for the termination… Read More »
Just Two Racial Slurs Can Amount to Hostile Workplace Discrimination, NJ High Court Rules
In New Jersey, an employment discrimination claim can be based on conduct severe or pervasive enough to make a person in a legally protected class believe that the working environment is intimidating, hostile or abusive. However, courts have disagreed on what level of conduct meets the “severe or pervasive” threshold. Now, the New Jersey Supreme… Read More »