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Protecting LGBTQ Rights in the Workplace

On June 19, 2019

The month of June is recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month in commemoration of a historic raid in June 1969 of a traditionally gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, NYC. The month of June is therefore recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month. In many cities across America, support for LGBTQ pride symbolized by the many […]

Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act

On May 8, 2019

Mayor De Blasio and the NYC Commission on Human Rights are dedicated to ending gender-based harassment in the five boroughs. To that end, Mayor De Blasio created a new Sexual Harassment Taskforce in 2018, which is the first in the nation, aimed to assist victims and bring perpetrators to justice. In addition, in 2018, a […]

Oppression in a Limited Liability Company: Remedies When There Is No “Minority Shareholder”

On April 12, 2019

A “minority oppression claim” under New Jersey law has historically been tailored specifically for a minority shareholder who is suffering from oppression at the hands of majority shareholder(s) of a close corporation (i.e. less than 25 shareholders). New Jersey’s minority shareholder statute provides a panoply of possible relief to remedy such problems including an award […]

New NJ Law Prohibits Certain Waiver and Nondisclosure Provisions in Employment Contracts and Settlement Agreements

On March 19, 2019

On Monday, March 18, 2019, Governor Murphy signed into law PL2019 Ch 39 prohibiting certain wavier and nondisclosure provisions in employment contracts and settlement agreements. The law prohibits the waiver of any “substantive or procedural right or remedy relating to a claim of discrimination retaliation or harassment.” If an agreement contains such a clause that […]

U.S. Supreme Court Declines Ruling on N.J.’s Unconstitutional Church Grants Decision

On March 5, 2019

New Jersey’s Supreme Court Decision Stands, Holding That Historic Preservation Grants Cannot Be Used For Churches The U.S. Supreme Court has declined review of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that historic preservation grants cannot be used for churches. In April 2018, the State’s highest court ended a nearly four-year battle in Morris County, […]

What Does New Jersey's Minimum Wage Increase Mean for Employers?

On March 4, 2019

On February 4, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy successfully implemented one of his campaign promises by signing a bill that will increase the minimum wages of approximately one million hourly workers in New Jersey. At the time of the signing, the current minimum wage in New Jersey is $8.85 per hour. This new legislation […]

On February 6, 2019

We are receiving a large number of phone calls and e-mails from clients about the status of their prior convictions in DWI cases, in light of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Cassidy case. In that case, the Court determined that Alcotest breath test results could not be used against a defendant […]

Delaware Mandates Employer Provided Sexual Harassment Training

On January 4, 2019

Governor John Carney of Delaware signed House No. 1 (for parent bill HB 360) which addresses sexual harassment and retaliation in employment and amends the current anti-harassment, anti-discrimination, and anti-retaliation laws. This law makes Delaware only the 5th state in the union that mandates certain employers to provide sexual harassment training for all employees, managers, […]

NJ Supreme Court Confirms Bad Breathalyzer Tests

On December 27, 2018

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that a large number of breath tests conducted between 2009 and 2016 would not be considered reliable to the extent that results from breath tests on those machines could not be used to prove a defendant’s intoxication. Normally, the State can prove that a defendant was intoxicated by […]

Medical Marijuana Use – What Employers Should Know

On December 11, 2018

There have been a plethora of cases nationwide surrounding the use of marijuana in an employment context. The caselaw is inconsistent and does not provide clear guidance for all possible workplace scenarios. As stated in an earlier blog post, in the New Jersey case Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing Inc, No. 18-1037 RBK/AMD, 2018 WL […]

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