Employment Law Notebook

Acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Oliver signed a new law yesterday that will prohibit employers from screening job applicants about salary and wage history before the employer makes a hiring decision.  The law aims to focus the job screening process on an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience, and to stop prospective employers from offering lower salaries to applicants based on how

We had a victory in the New York Supreme Court in Harris v.

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Stories about sexual harassment continue to dominate the headlines every day as the #MeToo movement has encouraged more and more women to report sexual harassment in the workplace.  Increasingly, such employees are expecting not only a swift, effective investigation and job protection, but also significantly more transparency and accountability from their employers.  Unfortunately, many employe

This makes a good point. Employers love the idea of arbitration. But it actually can cost more. Why?

New Jersey's new Earned Sick Leave law, which effects nearly all private sector employers in the state, goes into effect October 29, 2018.  Other than public sector employers, employers of per-diem health care workers and employers of employees in the construction industry covered by a collective bargaining unit, the new law applies to all other private employers in New Jersey as well as to out

Paid Sick Leave is coming soon to NJ : https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/10/nearly_everyone_will_be_en...

Sex Harassment training is mandatory in New York starting next month. Policies and training required : https://www.ny.gov/programs/combating-sexual-harassment-workplace

Just published this piece about How Employment Lawyers Evaluate Your Case : https://www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/understanding-how-employment-lawye...

If you work or employ people in New Jersey and took some much-needed vacation time in July, you might have missed the bombshell news that hit July 1 that could affect the pay and benefits of nearly every employee working in the state. That’s the date New Jersey’s new equal pay law, the Diane B.