Marijuana Workplace Rules Take Effect in New Jersey
In February 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the state’s landmark Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act, which legalized recreational marijuana for Garden State residents over 21. While the recreational cannabis use rules went into effect immediately, employers needed rules for how this affected drug policies at work. The state Cannabis Regulatory […]
» Read More...September 1, 2021
How Prevalent is Sexual Harassment of Women Police Officers?
Despite increased work opportunities for women, local and statewide police forces across New Jersey and the United States continue to have men outnumber women by about nine to one. With such a wide disparity between male and female police officers, sexual harassment of policewomen is an especially serious problem in local, statewide, and national police […]
» Read More...August 16, 2021
Can Companies Require Employees to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 56 percent of people in the United States ages 12 and older were fully vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as of July 19, 2021, and many people are still unable to or refuse to get vaccinated. This has been a source for much debate […]
» Read More...August 5, 2021
How Does Workplace Discrimination Trigger Trauma?
Discrimination of many kinds in the workplace is illegal but still occurs. For many workers, race discrimination remains their greatest obstacle to success and is certain to continue despite efforts to put an end to it. When individual workers are subjected to workplace discrimination, an experienced employment lawyer might be the best resource for holding […]
» Read More...July 26, 2021
Health Care Workers Receive COVID Vaccine Mandate at NJ Hospital Group
The idea of employers requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all workers is one that continues to create problems between those who are concerned about getting the vaccine and the recent spike of cases due to the COVID-19 Delta variant. This problem resonates particularly in the health care field. Unvaccinated workers at the Hackensack Meridian Health hospital […]
» Read More...July 22, 2021
Employer Liability for Offensive Racist Comments
In an important decision for workers and employers throughout the Garden State, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that derogatory racial terms have no place at work and that these comments, if made by a supervisor, are even more egregious.The case, filed by a terminated worker against his former supervisor and employer, Meda Pharmaceutical, alleges […]
» Read More...July 22, 2021
How can Gender Discrimination Affect the Health of an Employee?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act makes gender discrimination illegal. This law applies to any company with 15 or more employees. It applies to every area of employment, such as hiring, termination, pay, and job perks. If one employee receives disparate treatment and is somehow disadvantaged in their workplace, that may rise to the […]
» Read More...July 12, 2021
Are Inappropriate Jokes a Form of Sexual Harassment?
A sexual harassment lawsuit is serious for any individual or corporation. That is why so many companies and nonprofit organizations regularly hold sexual harassment awareness trainings for employees. Still, some workers end up misunderstanding what could be construed as sexual harassment, such as a joke. In fact, many sexual harassment defendants try to defend themselves […]
» Read More...June 23, 2021
What Should I Know About Recreational Marijuana in the Workplace?
After significant legislative haggling, New Jersey legalized adult-use recreational cannabis in February of 2021. Many questions arose during the process of how this new law would affect what employers and employees can and cannot do. Some of it is based off the existing framework that regulates the usage of medical marijuana, which remains legal in […]
» Read More...June 2, 2021
Are Hotel Workers Vulnerable to Sexual Harassment?
As Americans slowly return to traveling as Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions ease, hotels are once again filling up. That means that many workers are returning to their hotel jobs. However, some studies show that the hospitality industry sees some of the highest numbers of sexual harassment complaints. Sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal. It is […]
» Read More...May 24, 2021
