Every company should have appropriate safety protocols in place to protect the employees as well as the company. Even companies that have suitable workers’ compensation coverage can suffer financial harm if the policy premiums increase due to a high number of...
Sexual harassment can be a complicated and expensive problem for your company to tackle. Especially when someone with significant responsibilities at the company or a long tenure with the business get excused, the immediate response of some individuals will be to try...
Firing a worker is never easy, but some people make the process an absolute nightmare for the company that used to employ them. Individuals angry about the loss of their job or perceived unfairness on the part of the company may go to extreme lengths to get back at...
Most employers believe they treat their employees with all due respect and care, prioritizing their safety and comfort during their labor. These beliefs are true for most business operations, but no one is perfect, including business owners. When policies fail to...
Laws against discriminatory conduct in sectors like housing and employment did not always feature predominantly across the country. Notably, truly meaningful safeguards were first ushered in at the federal level pursuant to the enactment of the landmark Civil Rights...
Telecommuting became the new reality for thousands of businesses here in New Jersey. This meant that entire companies, or the majority of the staff, worked from home. It prompted some quick solutions created on the fly. Even as workers are coming back to the office or...
New Jersey's amended version of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) was to have gone into effect in mid-July. But as it has to so many parts of life, the pandemic disrupted implementation of the WARN Act. In April, Governor Phil Murphy...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a landmark ruling that extends workplace protections to gay and transgender employees and job applications. Those workers can no longer be discriminated against because of sexual orientation or gender expression. Of course,...
Anyone who turns on a TV in Morristown to watch the news will be hit these days with stories about the pandemic, civil unrest and a reeling economy, among others. It is in that context understandable that some news outlets gloss over important information about...
The administration of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently unveiled what is being called "the right to refuse to return to work." The administration touts it as protection for workers in the state from work conditions in which they could be exposed to the coronavirus....
