On February 22, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all New Jersey employers) affirmed the dismissal of discrimination, hostile work environment, and wrongful termination claims filed by a...
Employment Law Letter
The pandemic brought pandemonium to many New Jersey workplaces. With the second-largest outbreak in the country (behind only New York) and being the most densely populated state, New Jersey was hit particularly hard by...
Q Can an employer deduct the cost of a parking ticket or a moving violation from an employee's pay? A Other than the usual tax withholdings, you may not withhold any pay from an employee without her consent or a court...
Governor Roy Cooper has signed into law provisions that give North Carolina businesses some protection from being sued by a customer or other visitor to their premises who contracts the COVID-19 infection. What the new...
On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision blocking the Trump administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thus protecting approximately 700,000 immigrants...
Any time someone walks in for a job interview, both sides have expectations of how the interview will go. From skillset to personality fit, every HR manager is looking for the perfect solution to their hiring needs. When...
Q Can HR maintain confidential internal documents within an employee’s record that she cannot access? A An employee’s right to review documents in her personnel file is primarily a state law issue. In Ohio, the only...
In a landmark 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled the sex discrimination prohibitions in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 cover bias based on sexual orientation or transgender status. The opinion...
On June 10, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a series of questions and answers about the use of face coverings in the workplace. The guidance, which also clarifies the difference between...
On June 17, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance concerning the use of COVID-19 antibody testing. Relying on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) interim guidelines...
With the COVID-19 outbreak forcing most of us to either shelter in place or severely limit our outside activities, people everywhere are online more than ever. As a result, website accessibility lawsuits under the...
After a black reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette posted a tweet critical of racial bias in the news media, the employer barred her from covering local protests following the George Floyd killing in Minnesota...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on June 15, holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination because of “sex,” bars employers from discriminating based on an...
COVID-19 and the related stay-at-home orders have affected every employer differently. Some were able to shift to a telework model, while others modified their workplace operations or closed their doors completely. But...
Q Several employees forced to work from home during the pandemic say they prefer it to working in the office and actually feel more productive. Should we be preparing to extend and expand our telecommuting options even...