Employment Law

How your employer classifies you as a worker can have a tremendous impact on how you’re paid and the benefits that your receive. If you’re deemed a non-exempt worker, for example, then you should be paid overtime. But how, exactly, are employees classified? Let’s take...

It is important for workers and their employers to understand overtime rules. It is also important for both that these rules are followed and that workers receive overtime compensation for the time and hours they have worked. Exempt and non-exempt workers Employees...

When workers in New Jersey and New York encounter discrimination or harassment on the job, they have both federal and state rights that will protect them. Unfortunately, in the process of seeking that protection through the proper channels at work, workers may face...

Minimum wage is going up in New Jersey. As of January 1, 2022, it is now $13 per hour, with incremental increases that will finally arrive at $15 per hour by 2024. This minimum wage guarantee will protect most workers except in certain occupations such as: certain...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was established to address many important aspects of employment, including minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and other employment standards. There is information available that can help employees understand their rights...

Finding out that your employer is doing something they should not be doing – it puts an employee in a very tough spot. Should they report it? Become a whistleblower? Put their job and livelihood on the line? These are difficult questions to answer for anyone, but...

Employers in New York and New Jersey often have policies prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace. Sadly, not everyone abides by these rules, and some will sexually harass a co-worker. Those who are sexually harassed in the workplace may decide to find...

The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law which controls many aspects of wage and hour standards. However, it is silent with respect to rest breaks and meal periods. As such, there is no federal requirement that employers grant those breaks – instead, they are...

No one should be subjected to discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Yet, despite extensive efforts to raise awareness of sexual harassment and prevent it, egregious behaviors that constitute sexual harassment continue to occur in work environments across the...

Employment laws related to men and women have come a long way over the past several decades. However, situations can still arise involving unequal pay between male and female employees. This can potentially trigger a claim under the Equal Pay Act. Understanding the...