Employment Law

Being fired shortly after reporting workplace discrimination, sexual harassment or other unlawful conduct at your workplace can raise questions about your employer's motives. The timing may suggest retaliation, particularly if you had no previous performance issues or...

You may have worked late nights, covered extra shifts or regularly stayed past your scheduled hours without receiving the overtime pay you deserve. Perhaps you assumed your employer would eventually correct the missing payments, or you only recently realized that your...

Despite finishing a 50-hour week on a jobsite or on the production floor, many manual employees still receive the same flat amount on their weekly paychecks. If they bring this up with their employer, the answer is usually this: “You earn a salary, so we do not pay...

Sexual harassment at work is not always obvious. Some conduct may cross the line even when it is not openly sexual or does not involve physical contact. Whether workplace conduct amounts to sexual harassment depends on the nature of the behavior, the circumstances and...

Comp time, also known as compensatory time off, is a tactic that an employer may try to use to avoid paying an employee for overtime hours that they already worked. For instance, say that an employee works for 44 hours during the week. They should be entitled to time...

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...

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....

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...

The law protects employees from major financial losses after on-the-job injuries. Employers generally need to carry workers’ compensation coverage that can replace lost wages with disability benefits and provide medical coverage for workers. They receive...

Dress codes typically are legal for employees It is understandable that employees are sometimes frustrated by them or may feel that they are too restrictive. As an employee, you may be happy to work for your employer in exchange for your wages, which is the...