A New Jersey Police Lieutenant Lands a $300K Settlement in Her Employment...
As anyone who’s lived long enough knows, doing the right thing something carries a price in life. However, doing the right thing by standing up in opposition to discrimination and/or harassment at work...
View ArticleWhy Prompt Action Can Be Essential to Your Success in Your Sexual Harassment...
In this blog and elsewhere, you may see phrases like “act today” and “don’t delay” when considering contacting an experienced New Jersey employment attorney if you think you’ve been the victim of...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Overcome a Defense Motion for Summary Judgment in Your New...
An ancient Chinese proverb says that a “journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” This wisdom recognizes that, to accomplish any undertaking, you must first take that initial step (and,...
View ArticleTwo New Jersey Government Workers Recover $500K Settlement in One of the...
On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act. That new law represented a huge step forward when it comes to closing the wage gap between men and...
View ArticleWhat the ‘McDonnell Douglas Framework’ Is and What It Means to Your Workplace...
If you are familiar with commercial airplanes, then you probably know the name “McDonnell Douglas” from its many well-known jets, including the DC 10. For people, such as an experienced New Jersey...
View ArticleHow Comments About Your Dress and Appearance at Work May Constitute Sex...
Most of us are graded at work on our outward appearance, whether that grading takes place in a spoken or unspoken manner, and whether we realize it or not. Sometimes, this is quite appropriate, such as...
View ArticleA New Jersey School District Agrees to Pay a Settlement to an Employee who...
Sometimes, the alleged facts that support a worker’s employment discrimination lawsuit show blatant discrimination. An executive manager, who emails his HR director with instructions to fire a pregnant...
View ArticleWhat You Can Do in New Jersey if You, as a Woman, Were Fired for Speaking...
Many industries, including the practice of law, have codes of “professional conduct” that outline the things practitioners should and shouldn’t do. When you take a principled stand at work, whether due...
View ArticleThe New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Takes Action Against an Employer...
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s employment discrimination protections for breastfeeding mothers are among some of the stronger ones in the country. A group within the University of...
View ArticleA School Scandal Story from Sacramento and Its Connection to Workplace Sex...
Here in New Jersey, there are thousands of people who are employed by religious employers such as church-run schools. Those employers enjoy the benefit of the religious freedom protections established...
View ArticleA New Jersey Police Lieutenant Secures a Post-Retirement Promotion as Part of...
Sex discrimination can occur in many different forms. Some of it is relatively “in-your-face” like inappropriate (and sexually discriminatory) comments connected to gender. Other forms, such as a...
View ArticleMakeup, Hair, Clothing and Illegal Sex Illegal Discrimination in New Jersey
Women face many challenges in the workplace. Studies show that people will attribute greater confidence, competence, reliability, and personability to women who wear makeup and subscribe to certain...
View ArticleOlder Acts of Gender Discrimination May Still Help Your New Jersey Court...
If you’ve read this blog before, chances are fair that you have read about male police officers (and sometimes chiefs) behaving badly. Although the vast majority of law enforcement officers in this...
View ArticleThe New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Takes on a Large Accounting Firm for...
Workers can face workplace discrimination at any step in the employment process, from the application process all the way to termination. As one recent action between the Division on Civil Rights and a...
View ArticleA ‘Sexist’ Police Chief, A Fired Female Township Manager Who Supervised the...
A lot of times, if you’re pursuing a workplace discrimination case here in New Jersey, the perpetrator is the decisionmaker who inflicted the workplace harm you suffered. However, what can you do when...
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