If you have employees and one of them comes to you claiming that they’ve been sexually harassed, do you know what to do? This is a serious situation that could come back to hurt your company, so handling it quickly and professionally is key. Sometimes, employees do...
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New Law: Employers Cannot Require Arbitration of Claims Involving Sexual Harassment
This new law, restricting required arbitration, will make it harder for companies to hide the brevity of sexual harassment cases in the workplace, signed by President Biden this year.
Does your small business have to approve unpaid FMLA leave?
As an employer, you are subject to numerous state and federal laws regarding how you treat your employees. The more employees you have, the more rules that apply to your business. Laws regarding equal pay apply to companies with just one employee. On the other hand,...

What you need to know about electronic discovery in employment cases
In an employment case, accessing personal accounts or text messages while using a work-issued computer or laptop can and probably will be used against you.

What you need to know about a workplace investigation
After you raise a complaint with your Human Resources department about a situation that you are experiencing at work, the company, whether through its internal HR department or a third party, is supposed to “investigate” the complaint.

What to Know About Your Employee Handbook
Every company you work for will have an employee handbook you get a cursory introduction to during your first week on the job. Most likely, you will have some HR training during your initial onboarding process, nestled in between filling out forms and meeting your new...

Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts
On November 16, 2021, female employees of several large companies testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support of banning forced arbitration agreements contained in employment contracts. To be clear, the sole purpose of an arbitration clause is to keep...
When do you have to allow a worker to take FMLA leave?
As an employer, you depend on your employees to show up and do the work that you hired them to perform. When people don't come to work, even if they have a good reason, their personal issues start to impact your company's performance. Sometimes, workers will come to...

Vaccine Mandates In the Workplace
In September 2021, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a ruling in the City of Newark v. Superior Officers Association, et. al. This case is one of the first dealing with the validity of vaccine mandates in the workplace in New Jersey. On August 10, 2021, the...

Using Social Media as an Employee
On September 21, 2021, the NJ Supreme Court ruled on an issue that arose from an attorney’s use of Facebook in its early days. In 2007, Defendant’s attorney’s paralegal sent a Facebook “friend” request to the plaintiff to access his private Facebook posts in a...