One of the saddest facts of modern day life is that some people are still bigoted. Every year for the last 15 years, I’ve had at least one case where a white supervisor or a white manager has called a black employee the n-word at work and meaning it. This is outrageous. This is the […]

There is a misconception among a lot of employers in New Jersey that they have to engage in progressive discipline with employees, and this is false. Unless you have a company policy that requires you to engage in progressive discipline, there’s no legal requirement that you do that in the private sector. If somebody’s behavior […]

Employees in New Jersey are very fortunate that they have the New Jersey law against discrimination on their side. It’s one of the most powerful anti-discrimination and anti-harassment laws in the country and provides a great deal of protection to employees who fall within the categories of people that the law has designed to protect. […]

We get calls from employees who have just been laid off, and they’re outraged that they haven’t gotten a severance package, even if they’ve been working for a company for a number of years. Well, unfortunately, there is no obligation under New Jersey law for a company to give an employee a severance package, and […]

References are important for those leaving a company because you want to get a good one so that you can get another job. A lot of employees in New Jersey are concerned that their prior company is bad-mouthing them by giving out bad references. This usually is a concern that is totally unfounded. Most companies […]

A problem that we encounter with some frequency at the workplace in New Jersey is that people get loose around each other and start making comments that, generally speaking, are unacceptable these days. For example, we once had an employee come in complaining about comments being made by her coworkers that were disparaging of blacks, […]

Every now and then, we find an employer in New Jersey who just doesn’t get it. These are guys who make sexual comments around female employees and make them uncomfortable but either doesn’t care or doesn’t notice. This is a very serious problem for the employee because if it’s the ultimate boss who is making […]

An issue that arises frequently among employees is whether they can record conversations at work. Usually, but not always, these are employees who think that there is a problem at work that could lead to their termination. It is not unlawful to record a conversation at work in New Jersey. New Jersey is what is […]

We routinely get inquiries from New Jersey employees about circumstances where being subjected to bullying or intimidation or harassment by their supervisor but they’re afraid to go over his head and report him to his supervisor because of fear of retaliation. This is a well-grounded fear. There’s no question that a lot of employees have […]