Every now and then, we’ll get a call from a woman who’s been subjected to sexual harassment at her company, either by coworkers, sometimes by supervisors, who’s made the complaints through the company process, but the company’s still ignoring it. She wonders what she can do. If she’s done the right thing by going through […]

We get a lot of questions from New Jersey employees about sexual comments in the workplace that they’re taking to be harassment. There’s two different types of verbal comments that can constitute harassment. Some of them are comments directed to you, and others are comments directed at a person of the same protected class, such […]

 One of the most powerful laws we have in New Jersey to protect employees is the Conscientious Employee Protection Act. Also known as the Whistleblower Act. It’s designed to protect employees who have spoken out against unlawful practices in the workplace, and it’s designed to stop retaliation against them. The key here is that the […]

We get calls every now and then from New Jersey employees who filed complaints to the EEOC or the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. Now the EEOC is the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the DCR, the Division on Civil Rights, is the New Jersey equivalent. Both of them are tasked with investigating […]

A lot of our clients confuse mediation with arbitration and vice-versa. Now, both of these are what’s called alternative dispute resolution mechanisms that have longstanding use in the civil litigation system. Now, civil litigation is something where you file a lawsuit, you go through all the investigation steps, and then you end up with a […]

There are occasions when we encounter an employee who’s complaining about a supervisor who’s off-track in every direction. The supervisor will make comments based on race, ethnic background, religion, gender, sexual preference, and seems to have no bottomless pit of vile things to say. This is inappropriate behavior in the workplace, and the employee needs […]

We get questions on a frequent basis from female employees who are concerned about sexual comments in the workplace, and one of the questions they ask is what they can do about it. A lot depends on whether the company they’re working for has any kind of policy in place or any kind of reporting […]

Sometimes an employment issues is not anywhere near clear-cut. Let’s take, for example, an employee who’s claiming that she was sexually harassed, but she was just a really bad employee. You do the investigation and you find out well, there is some basis to believe that she was harassed, and you take appropriate action against […]

Question: My mother has worked for the same employer for over 25 years and is now eligible to retire (with benefits). She recently had to undergo major surgery and has now exceeded her allotted time off. Her employer sent notification that she will be terminated if she does not report back to work. Her surgeon […]