Employers must pay hourly employees for all the time they are on the job. This is not limited to the time they are at their workstation and actively engaged in their job duties. New Jersey employment law requires employers to pay workers for time spent on other required tasks. Unpaid…
Discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression has received a large amount of attention, partly due to advances made by advocates for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in the workplace and elsewhere. It is also due to pushback against those advances. New Jersey employment law specifically bars discrimination based…
Employees who have experienced unlawful practices in the workplace, such as wage and hour violations, misclassification, or discrimination, can turn to New Jersey employment laws. Some employment practices may violate antitrust laws at the federal and state levels. Antitrust laws prohibit actions that prevent or inhibit competition among businesses. The…
Federal and New Jersey employment laws protect many workers’ right to receive overtime pay when working more than forty hours a week. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides overtime pay at a time-and-a-half rate. It exempts certain categories of workers, including “executive, administrative, and professional” (EAP) employees. The…
Disparities in wages and salaries remain a pernicious form of employment discrimination. According to the Pew Research Center, the nationwide gender pay gap only improved by 2% from 2002 to 2022. Women, on average, earned $0.80 for every $1 men earned in 2002, and $0.82 per $1 two decades later.…
Disparities in wages and salaries remain a major form of workplace discrimination. New Jersey employment laws have tried to address this issue, but it can be difficult to identify wage discrimination, especially when employers attempt to prevent discussion about wages and salaries. The New Jersey Legislature passed a law in…
The 2024 election is over, but arguments over politics are likely to continue for quite some time. Families might fight about politics at the dinner table, but what happens when political speech enters the workplace? What rights do employees have to speak about matters of political importance at work, and…
Under federal and New Jersey employment laws, workers have the right to organize themselves for collective bargaining and other activities related to advocacy for their interests in the workplace. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees multiple aspects of federal labor law. This includes investigating alleged violations of workers’ rights…
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 protects workers against discrimination because of injuries, illnesses, and other conditions that impair their daily lives. The statute prohibits employers from discrimination based on disability and requires them to provide reasonable accommodations to help employees with disabilities perform their jobs. Compliance with…
Both private and public employers have obligations to their employees under New Jersey employment laws. These include obligations to pay a minimum wage and to maintain a workplace reasonably free from discrimination and harassment. Public employers, such as state and local agencies and officials, may also have a duty to…