Some harassment or discrimination cases revolve around overt and obvious instances where an employee's rights have been violated. If an employer refuses to hire someone based on their race or gender, or fires all employees within that protected class, it could be...
Month: July 2026
Is the work clique’s harassment affecting your job?
Sometimes, a work shift can feel as grueling as a day on the set of “Mean Girls.” Relational aggression is the term psychologists chose for the status-manipulating machinations that can leave colleagues isolated and excluded in the workforce. To be sure, not every...
3 signs your employer is pocketing unpaid overtime
New Jersey has many specific rules that benefit employees on work done beyond their normal hours. Overtime work should pay you more than your standard hourly rate. For every hour worked over a standard 40-hour workweek, you should get 1.5 times your hourly rate....
Can a ‘no-overtime’ policy affect workers’ wage rights?
The law protects the right of workers to earn at least minimum wage, which is a baseline amount of pay per hour worked. Hourly workers generally have the right to compensation for all time worked, as well as the right to overtime in certain circumstances. Overtime pay...
