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 […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreSome workplaces in New Jersey are full of sexual harassment, but it comes from the top on down. As a result, the employer who is subjected to it may be afraid to complain. In those circumstances, the only option is to consult with an experienced employment attorney to go over all the facts that you […]
Read MoreThere 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 […]
Read MoreSome employees think that there’s some magic way to avoid getting sued when they terminate an employee. There isn’t one. If you have an employee who has engaged in misconduct to the point where you simply have to get rid of them and you have to do it immediately, you can go ahead and do […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MoreSometimes 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 […]
Read MoreQuestion: The majority of co-workers employed at my company are older women with the exception of a few younger males which are in subordinate positions & paired closely with older dominant female personalities. The company has a sexual harassment policy but chooses not to uphold it when males become victims of a hostile working environment. […]
Read MoreQuestion: 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 […]
Read MoreOne 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 […]
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