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Cost of Having Lawyer Representation At An Employer Discrimination Case

Posted on May 4, 2015July 3, 2025 by Accel Admin

Employees often ask what it cost to have a lawyer represent them in an employment discrimination case and often the answer depends on the kind of case. A lot of times, employees want to be represented on a contingent basis which means that the employee doesn’t pay until the case…
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Should I Take The Right To A Hearing For Disciplinary Action?

Posted on April 27, 2015July 3, 2025 by Accel Admin

Whenever an employer gives you the right to have a hearing on disciplinary charges that the employer intends to impose on you, you should absolutely request and follow through and get that hearing. At that hearing, the employer is going to have to present evidence to show that you were…
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Misconduct Discipline and Employee Rights

Posted on February 23, 2015July 2, 2025 by Accel Admin

Clients and potential clients always have questions about what their rights are in the disciplinary process. Employers often have progressive discipline policies and then those policies and employee may have some rights to certain levels of discipline before suspension or termination. Public employees always have those rights and usually a…
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Negotiation of An Employee Contract

Posted on February 16, 2015July 2, 2025 by Accel Admin

Employees often have questions when they are presented with a contract for employment about whether the employer will agree to negotiate any part of that contract. Sometimes, that is possible, sometimes, it’s not. Often an employer, depending on the size and the regular use of that contract, will simply refuse…
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Assistance with Reviewing An Employment Contract

Posted on February 6, 2015July 3, 2025 by Accel Admin

Employees often have questions when they’re presented some kind of employment contract by their employer. Employers will present employees often with something that’s called a ‘restrictive covenant’, which is a non-compete, or a contract for certain term of employment that should always be reviewed by an attorney. You agreed to…
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Random Drug And Alcohol Tests in The Workplace

Posted on February 2, 2015July 2, 2025 by Accel Admin

Employees often have questions about whether their employer can send them for a random drug or alcohol test. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, there are no laws regulating those test in private employment. However, you should be aware that your employer should have reasonable cause or at least a policy…
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What to Know About Social Media and Social Policy In The Workplace

Posted on December 16, 2014July 2, 2025 by Accel Admin

Employees often ask questions about whether they can use social media or their cellphones in their workplace and employees have to be careful because when you engage in comments or communications about your employment, you may be incurring some liability especially if those comments are not favorable to the employer.…
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What Are My Rights as a Public Employee in New Jersey?

Posted on November 3, 2014July 2, 2025 by Accel Admin

As a public employee in New Jersey, depending on what kind of municipality you work for whether it’s civil service or non-civil service, you have really a really a platform of rights. You always have the right to a hearing under civil service rules if your employer decides to suspend…
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What damages can I recover from my employer if I sue for discrimination?

Posted on October 5, 2014July 2, 2025 by Accel Admin

I’m often asked by employees what kind of damages they can recover and whether it’s worthwhile to pursue a discrimination lawsuit. You should be aware that if you file a discrimination lawsuit and you are successful, you can be awarded compensatory damages which will include damages that you have for…
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