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If Your Disability Isn’t Easy To See, You Still Have Rights The Americans with Disabilities Act doesn’t just cover people with visible physical disabilities. It also offers rights to those with disabilities that aren’t immediately easy to discern. This includes those related to mental illness, chronic pain, and addiction. Non-apparent […]

If You Work in New Jersey, You’re Entitled To Paid Sick Leave The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law was put into place in October 2018. Since then, all employers—no matter how large—have been required to provide paid sick leave to their employees in New Jersey. This is true even […]

How to Tell—and What To Do About It Independent contractors and full-time employees are treated very differently under the law, and how you’re classified can impact all areas of your life. Employees are protected by a suite of labor, minimum wage and anti-discrimination laws, whereas independent contractors are not entitled […]

Know Your Options—and How To Protect Yourself OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is tasked with protecting the health and safety of workers throughout the US. It was created in 1971 after the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. At the time, approximately 14,000 workers were […]

And What To Do About It Age discrimination may be unlawful, but it is unfortunately very common. According to the AARP, as many as 3 in 5 older employees have either witnessed or been subject to age discrimination at work. And while age discrimination may also affect people perceived as […]