Subscribe to Our FeedEMPLOYERS BEWARE: Asking An Applicant the Wrong Question During an Interview May Cost You!
On July 25th, filling in for Governor Phil Murphy who was on vacation, acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed into law Assembly Bill 1094, effectively barring employers from asking applicants about past salary and benefit history. The law takes effect January 1, 2020. In an attempt to eliminate gender based hiring practices, and to close the […]
EMPLOYER ALERT: In New Jersey’s Latest Medical Marijuana in the Workplace Ruling, Employers Must Consider All Applicable Employment Laws, Not Just the Most Obvious One
Co-Authored by Ari G. Burd Yesterday, in Wild v Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc., the Appellate Division reinstated a medical marijuana user’s lawsuit who had claimed that he was terminated for using medical marijuana outside of the workplace. The plaintiff, who was undergoing treatment for cancer, was lawfully using medical marijuana for pain under the Compassionate […]
Jay Becker Of GH&C Prevails In Dismissing Former Employee’s Complaint Alleging Age Discrimination And Workers’ Compensation Retaliation
On September 23, 2013, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County, ruled in favor of Defendant Saker ShopRites, and granted its’ Motion for Summary Judgment dismissing a former employee’s Complaint in its entirety before trial. The Plaintiff, who was a former employee of Saker ShopRites, was terminated in June 2010 for a […]
