New Jersey Court Discusses Exemptions to FLSA Overtime Guarantees

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers are required to adhere to certain wage guidelines. Among other things, the FLSA obligates employers to pay an employee overtime...

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New Jersey Court Discusses Disparate Treatment in Discrimination Claims

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In any case in which it is alleged that a New Jersey employer discriminated against an employee, the employer can refute the claim by showing that it has a legitimate reason for...

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Court Defines Evidence Needed to Establish a New Jersey Discrimination Case

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn When a person is harmed by an employer’s discriminatory practices, the harm suffered is usually an adverse employment action or a hostile work environment. An employer can be...

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Court Discusses Amendment of Pleadings in New Jersey Discrimination Cases

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn It is not uncommon for an employee who is treated unjustly at work to set forth more than one claim against his or her employer in an employment-related lawsuit. While an employee...

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Court Rules the New Jersey Equal Pay Act Does Not Apply Retroactively

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In 2018, the New Jersey governor signed the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (NJEPA) into law, thereby modifying the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination by requiring equal pay across...

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New Jersey Court Discusses Whether Discrimination Based on Appearance is Actionable

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn While it is well known that state and federal law prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee due to the employee’s inclusion in certain protected classes,...

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New Jersey Court Analyzes the Waiver of the Right to Sue for Discrimination

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Under both New Jersey and federal law, employees have a right to pursue claims against their employers for discriminatory behavior. Although an employee can contractually waive...

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New Jersey Court Discusses Standard for Granting Punitive Damages in Discrimination Claims

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees based on their race, gender, age, and other enumerated classes. If an...

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Court Discusses Requirements for Claiming Tip Credit in New Jersey Overtime Wage Case

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Under both state and federal law, New Jersey employers are required to pay their employees overtime wages for any hours worked in excess of forty hours per week. There are certain...

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New York Court Discusses Outside Salemens’ Exemption of the FLSA

Share This Post Tweet This Post Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn New York businesses are required by both state and federal laws to pay their employees for any hours they work, which includes overtime wages for any hours worked over forty hours...

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