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,...
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Employment Law

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...

Addressing Long Covid Symptoms in the Workplace
As employers begin their march back towards normalcy and require employees to return to work at physical locations, some employees may find this harder than others. Working moms are impacted as their young children are still unvaccinated and child care options may be...

Failure To Accommodate
Richter v. Oakland Board of Ed. The NJ Supreme Court recently decided the case of Richter v. Oakland Board of Education reviving an employee’s dismissed claims against her employer. This case hits close to home. Mary Richter, a Type One Diabetic, like my son, asked...