Advocates for NJ and PA
Workers & Their Families
On Sept. 30, 2013, state testing was conducted in a New Jersey classroom. On that day, the teacher was busy making sure that each kid was where they needed to be. Amidst the chaos, two students went missing. The teacher found that the two young children had escaped...
"Or . . . I don't get it. I just don't get it. Why is this even an issue?"I meant that. I just don't get it. I'm a straight genetic male. I get that I'm an attorney and I get that I have the benefit of a better education than most people because of my profession. But...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the agency in charge of enforcing the employment laws that bar discrimination based on several protected classes, including but not limited to race, gender, age and disability. According to the agency, there were...
The former secretary of a New Jersey school recently decided to bring her 2011 employment lawsuit to a close by settling her claims with the Long Branch school district. The basis of the lawsuit was an allegation that the superintendent at the time had sexually...
In a blog written with the possible victims of labor and employment violations in mind, it is easy to get bogged down in the bad situations. It is important for those that become a victim of these violations to understand their rights and know that there are attorneys...
In the November elections, NJ voters voted, with 61% in support, to amend the NJ State Constitution to increase the minimum wage, effective January 1, 2014, from $7.25 per hour to $8.25 per hour. The amendment will also require annual increases to the minimum wage in...
State benefit programs in both New Jersey and California have become the model for a new program that has been proposed at the federal level. The new piece of legislation that has been proposed is one that would take the employee rights enumerated under the Family and...
In the hierarchy of a corporation, a New Jersey employee may not always agree with the decisions of a supervisor or other individuals higher up on the organizational tree. There are times when subordinates must simply keep their mouths shut and do as instructed. There...
For three years, the number of discrimination claims that were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were at some of the highest levels in the agency’s history. From 2010 to 2012, there were a minimum of 90,000 claims filed each year. These claims...
Just before 2013 ended, a settlement was reached in an employment lawsuit involving a New Jersey-based dairy company. Cream-o-Lakes does business in the private and the public sector by providing dairy products to schools, federal agencies and commercial businesses in...
