New Jersey legislators are considering reviewing their books and eradicating some of the more antiquated and out-dated laws. Some laws still refer to East Jersey and West Jersey. East and West Jersey became simply New Jersey way back in 1702.FYI, it's currently legal...
Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Division was asked to decide whether a company's actions were illegal when it fired an employee who suffered from alcoholism after she failed a breathalyzer test. New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") prohibits employers...
For an unemployed individual seeking unemployment benefits in the State of New Jersey who has been denied and has filed an appeal, the wait to be scheduled for a hearing can be as long as 6 months. Recognizing that this can cause serious problems in the lives of the...
A New Jersey residential Tenant can only be evicted though the court system. On the day of court, if the Landlord gets a Judgment of Possession, he or she has to wait three (3) business days before they can ask the Court to issue a Warrant of Possession to the local...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled in a landmark decision that Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination is broad enough to encompass discrimination based on gender identity and transgender status. Faced with a complaint that an employee of the...
This year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued enforcement guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions. The EEOC warns employers that considering an applicant's criminal records could lead to disparate treatment...
A New Jersey Superior Court Judge recently released a defendant in an automobile accident case. The defendant sent a text message to the driver of a car who allegedly caused the actual accident. Plaintiffs attorney argued that the texter aided and abetted the driver's...
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit outlined factors to be used when determining whether a supervisor at a public agency can be subject to individual liability under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which allows employees to take...
Last week, the New Jersey Senate Labor Committee voted in favor of legislation that would make employers civilly liable if they required workers or applicants to divulge their social media identities or passwords, or demand that they friend someone in the company like...
On April 13, 2012, it was announced that the Ramsey School District, located in Bergen County, New Jersey, agreed to settle with a student who was attacked and paralyzed as a result of bullying. The student was attacked in May of 2006, when he was a middle school...