New Jersey Legal Update – Podcast # 13
This week’s New Jersey Legal Update podcast will discuss an employers right to monitor their employees use of the internet, email, voicemail and telephone.
New Jersey Legal Update – Podcast #11
This week’s New Jersey Legal Update podcast will discuss retaliation in the workplace and what it means for New Jersey employers.
New Jersey Legal Update – Podcast #5
This week’s New Jersey Legal Update podcast will feature the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision in Gerety v. Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort which is important for all New Jersey employers as it applies both the state’s anti-discrimination law (NJLAD) and federal medical leave requirements to pregnant employees.
New Jersey Legal Update – Podcast #2
Stark & Stark’s New Jersey Legal Update Podcast. This week’s New Jersey Legal Update will discuss recent decisions that will impact the relationships between employers and their employees. The decisions discussed include Morales v. Board of Review, Raggio v. Board of Review, McDowell v. Axsys Technologies and Karraker v. Rent-A-Center Inc.
CEPA Reviewed and Employee Grievances Clarified
In Julius Beasley v. Passiac County, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division clarified what types of employee grievances fall under the protections of CEPA. The Court’s decision illustrates that although CEPA protects employees who object to illegal behavior, it is not an absolute bar to termination or other negative employment actions against the employee.
Business Alert for Companies Facing Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Hearings
Harkness v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review – Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that employers cannot have non-lawyers representing them at Unemployment Compensation proceedings.
Dismissal of Employee’s CEPA Claim
Weisfeld v. Medical Society of New Jersey – Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of an employee’s CEPA claim. Plaintiff alleged that his firing was retaliatory for his disclosure of an alleged conflict of interest of individual members who sat on the board of two organizations, including his employer.
New Jersey Law Against Discrimination – An Overview
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits employers from discriminating in any job-related action, including recruitment, interviewing, hiring, promotions, discharge, compensation and the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of any of the LAD’s specified protected categories.
Refusal to Enforce Restrictive Covenant in Psychologist Employment Contract
Comprehensive Psychology System, P.C. v. Prince – Appellate Division upheld the trial court’s refusal to enforce a restrictive covenant in an employment contract for professional services by a licensed psychologist.
Reversal of District Court’s Dismissal of CEPA Claim
Gary v. The Air Group, Inc. – Third Circuit reversed the District Court’s dismissal of an employee’s “whistle blowing” claims pursuant to New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). The District Court held that the employee’s state law whistle blower claim was preempted by the federal Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Program (WPP).