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Employment Law

Employment law covers the rights and duties between employers and workers. These posts deal with protections afforded to workers under the law governing areas such as discrimination, harassment, unsafe work conditions and more.
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NJ minimum wage increase 2024

New Jersey Continues Minimum Wage Increases: $15 per hour by 2024

Originally posted on: https://www.employmentlit.com/2023/01/31/new-jersey-continues-minimum-wage-increases-15-per-hour-by-2024/ By:  Ty Hyderally, Esq., Jennifer Vorih, Esq., and Tom Daly New Jersey has joined 23 other…

Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims Has Been Dealt a Blow — More to Come with Other Types of Employment Claims

Originally posted on: https://www.employmentlit.com/2022/12/15/forced-arbitration-of-sexual-harassment-claims-has-been-dealt-a-blow-more-to-come-with-other-types-of-employment-claims/ By: Ty Hyderally, Esq. and Francine Foner, Esq. As discussed in an earlier blog, Governor Philip…

The Law Against Discrimination May Be Getting Even More Powerful!

Originally posted on: https://www.employmentlit.com/2022/12/13/the-law-against-discrimination-may-be-getting-even-more-powerful/ By: Jennifer Weitz, Esq. and Ty Hyderally, Esq. New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination, already one of…

New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Revised Law Enhancing Unemployment Process

Originally posted on: https://www.employmentlit.com/2022/11/18/new-jersey-lawmakers-approve-revised-law-enhancing-unemployment-process/ By: Ty Hyderally, Esq. and Francine Foner, Esq. This past June, New Jersey lawmakers unanimously passed a…

NLRB Affirms that Employers Cannot Bypass Union During Contract Negotiations

Originally posted on: https://www.employmentlit.com/2022/11/07/nlrb-affirms-that-employers-cannot-bypass-union-during-contract-negotiations/ By:  Ty Hyderally, Esq., Francine Foner, Esq., and Tom Daly. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)…

Lawsuit: Ex-Union City worker says she faced retaliation after reporting sexual harassment

Originally posted on: https://hudsoncountyview.com/lawsuit-ex-union-city-worker-says-she-faced-retaliation-after-reporting-sexual-harassment/ By John Heinis/Hudson County View The 17-page, six-count lawsuit, filed in Hudson County Superior Court last Friday, says…

Third Circuit Holds FLSA Protections Extend to Anticipated Class Action Members

Originally posted on: https://www.employmentlit.com/2022/10/31/third-circuit-holds-flsa-protections-extend-to-anticipated-class-action-members/ By:  Ty Hyderally, Esq., Jannifer Vorih, Esq., and Tom Daly. Last month, the Third Circuit handed…