“Take it or leave it; there are plenty of other people begging for work.” If you have ever struggled to find work on a construction site, you may have had someone say that to you. The Fair Labor Standards Act exists to prevent employers from taking advantage of...
Year: 2020
Do New Jersey overtime laws apply to working from home?
Regulating your hours when working from home can take getting used to -- especially if you have your kids at home with you. It is easy to spend the whole day logged on, doing bits of work here and there. However, before you go claiming overtime, check if you really...
What counts as sexual harassment in the workplace?
“What a creep. How does he get away with it?” People get away with sexual harassment because people do not report it. Around 75 percent of cases go unreported according to a 2016 report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In 2019 the EEOC only...
Frequently asked questions about New Jersey’s Ban-the-Box law
There is a theory behind the Opportunity to Compete Act, which is also known as Ban-the-Box. Fair employment practices improve society. In most cases, in the initial application process, people with criminal backgrounds cannot be eliminated from consideration because...
Can your employer fire you for reporting workplace discrimination?
Reporting discrimination in your workplace can be difficult. Will your coworkers be resentful toward you? Will reporting your experience fix the problem, or will it make your situation worse? Most of all, will you find yourself out of a job if you file a report? The...
New Jersey bans racial discrimination based on hairstyles
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy inked a new law in mid-December, clarifying that the state prohibits discrimination which results from characteristics associated with race, such as the texture or type of someone’s hair, including protective hairstyles. The legislation was...