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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 […]

How It Protects You With the rise of “Just in Time” scheduling practices, many companies schedule their employees based on customer demand. What this means is that across the country, many workers receive their schedules on very short notice, face abrupt cancelations, and are asked to be on call with […]

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 […]

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Publicly Comment   On August 7, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with regard to the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. On the 11th, they published the notice for public comment. If you wish to comment on the proposed […]