Author: Mike Murphy

Adoptive Parents Need Time Off, Too The Family and Medical Leave Act offers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for various medical and caregiving reasons. One of the qualifying reasons for taking FMLA leave is the birth of a child. But what if you’re adopting a child […]

One of the Country’s Strongest Minimum Wage Laws The New Jersey Minimum Wage Act is one of several laws and statutes aimed at ensuring that employees in New Jersey are paid an adequate living wage. New Jersey is one of the most progressive states in the country when it comes […]

The Law That Protects Equal Wages for Women The Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires employers to pay male and female employees equally for the same work. Technically it promotes pay equity for men as well as women, but it was crafted to remedy the strongly entrenched pay disparities faced by […]

The Statute That Sets the Standards for Wage Payment in Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act is the statute that sets the minimum wage and overtime pay rules in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Recently the federal minimum wage has been in the news, as lawmakers have attempted to raise it […]

How It Protects Whistleblowers From Retaliation In addition to federal laws, there are protections at the state level to shield whistleblowers from workplace retaliation. Their effectiveness varies by state, but the law in New Jersey is one of the strongest. Protected Activities Under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act  […]