Judge Declares Franklin and Newfield’s Shared Services Agreement Unlawful

Court invalidates Interlocal Services Agreement for violating the Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act Woodbury, New Jersey (February 8, 2019) - Four former Newfield police officers successfully challenged the Interlocal Services Agreement entered into between Newfield Borough and Franklin Township on October 16, 2017. Judge Benjamin C. Telsey of the…
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Workplace Discrimination Limitation

Some of the things that can be done to limit or eliminate discrimination in the workplace is that an employer should have a firm, strong policy regarding no discrimination and should enforce that policy. The employer shouldn’t allow minor name-calling or harassment taking place, thinking that it’s only high jinks…
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Suspension for Pending the Outcome of a Crime

Sometimes an employer will suspend an employee pending on the outcome of an investigation or criminal matter. If you are suspended pending the outcome of an investigation or a criminal matter that means that your employer doesn’t have to place you in the workplace while that investigation is ongoing. Often…
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Public Employee Suspension Rights

Whether or not an employer can suspend one of their employees indefinitely, is an interesting topic. It often depends on the recent suspension from the company or entity that you work for. Private employers probably have far greater rights to suspend you indefinitely than does the public employer. An employee should…
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New Jersey Differences Between The Family Leave Act And The Family Medical Leave Act

In addition to the Family Medical Leave Act, a federal law, it is interesting to note that New Jersey has something called the Family Leave Act. The difference being that the New Jersey Act covers leave for family and their medical conditions, but not a personal medical condition, whereas the federal…
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Should I Take The Right To A Hearing For Disciplinary Action?

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

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

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

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

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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My Workers Compensation Rights If I Get Injured On The Job

A lot of people have questions about when they injured on the job, whether their rights are limited to worker’s compensation and in all cases that answer depends on the circumstances of the injury. For example, if you were injured on someone else’s premises, and there was a condition on…
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What to Know About Social Media and Social Policy In The Workplace

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 Should Employers Know About Discrimination Law in New Jersey?

Employers need to know that in today’s day and age, discrimination laws have gotten stronger. They haven’t gone away. So while employers and their supervisors and other staff have become more sophisticated on how to discriminate such as creating a disciplinary record for an employee who has complained for discrimination.…
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What damages can I recover from my employer if I sue for discrimination?

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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I’m pregnant, do I have to tell my employer?

An employee who has any medical disability, even pregnancy when it becomes a disability, does not have to tell their employer unless they’re seeking an accommodation or disability leave. Otherwise, your medical conditions are your personal private information. Often employees who are pregnant or who have any other medical condition…
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What’s important to know about the Americans with disability act?

The American with Disabilities Act is an important civil right statute that guarantees or is supposed to guarantee that an employee cannot be discriminated against by its employer, simply because the employee may have a disability. Often we see cases where an employee is fully able to do all of…
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