Carmen Carrera is an actress and model. Lynn Conway is a recognized computer scientist. Caroline Cossey was a Bond girl in the movie "For Your Eyes Only." Amanda Simpson, appointed by President Obama, currently serves as the Executive Director of the U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives. What do these people have in common? [...]
LAW 360 - Jardim Meisner & Susser PC joined this week’s pack when the firm convinced the Second Circuit to revive a workplace retaliation claim brought by former Neo@Ogilvy LLC Finance Director Daniel Berman, who was axed from the marketing firm after internally reporting suspected improprieties but before he blew the whistle to the U.S. [...]
By Christopher Billups (Summer Intern) and Rich Meisner On June 24, 2015, a law firm in Mountainside, New Jersey (Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman LLC) announced that it will official close its doors on August 24, 2015, which will put approximately 300 employees out of work. The law firm filed a WARN notice with the New [...]
By Tom Jardim Disgruntled employees often ask these kinds of questions: “Those awful things that he said about me in my annual review just aren’t true. Is that allowed?” “I was more qualified and better at my job than everyone else in my department, but I got fired. Is that legal?” “Yes, I signed that arbitration [...]
Whistle While You Work: NJ Supreme Court decides that employees whose job is to blow the whistle can sue as whistleblowers By Christopher Billups (Summer Intern) and Tom Jardim On July 15, the Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously ruled that workers whose jobs are to monitor their employer’s compliance with standards and regulations are [...]
By Matthew Stoloff The big news this week is Netflix’s announcement that it will offer its employees a very generous one year paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Compared to Netflix, Twitter offers 20 weeks of paid maternity leave, Google 18 weeks, and Microsoft 12 weeks. There is something in the [...]
By Tom Jardim We recently wrote a blog post about the passage of the “Opportunity to Compete Act” in New Jersey, making the State the 17th state to adopt a so-called “ban the box” law. These laws aim to prohibit companies from obtaining information from job applicants about their criminal records. At the time of [...]
By Brigette N. Eagan and Seth Rudnitsky, Law Clerk On June 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed a criminal indictment for theft against an employee who took documents belonging to her employer. The documents were to be used by the employee to support claims of discrimination and retaliation […]
By Tom Jardim On March 1, 2015, New Jersey's "Opportunity to Compete Act" went into effect. This law, signed by Governor Chris Christie on August 11, 2014, prohibits companies with 15 or more employees from obtaining information from job applicants about their criminal records. As of this writing, 17 states and over 100 cities and [...]
By Tracy Azinge There is no question that technology continues to alter the employment landscape. Employers commonly allow employees to telecommute. The work day now extends to checking emails and texting on iPads and smart phones at home, in restaurants, and at the mall. What does this new reality mean for employers with respect to [...]