What’s Your Recourse? It’s a nightmare scenario—but not unheard of. You receive a job offer, you’re thrilled and give your two weeks’ notice at your old job—and then the offer is rescinded. Sometimes it can be rescinded after you’ve left your previous job and moved across the country for your […]
Category: Wrongful Termination & Retaliation
Workplace Retaliation Is Unlawful, but Common Retaliation occurs when your employer takes an adverse action against you for engaging in activity that the law considers protected. Some examples of protected activities may include: Reporting harassment or discrimination Reporting or disclosing legal violations, rule violations or fraud Reporting waste or abuse […]
Employers take advantage of employees every day—in many different ways. Some of these ways are more obvious; others can be subtle. And some are unlawful as well as unfair. Here are some of the most common ways we see employers taking advantage of employees. By Misclassifying Employees Under the Fair […]
You Have the Right To Report Your Employer’s Illegal Activity The NJ Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) is a law that protects New Jersey employees from retaliation if they blow the whistle on their employer’s legal violations, or actions they reasonably believe are illegal. Here’s how it works, and what […]
How the WARN Act Does (And Doesn’t) Protect You If you’ve been laid off without prior warning, you may be wondering if that is lawful. The answer is “it depends.” A law called the WARN Act—short for the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act—was enacted in the 80s to ensure […]