The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) has long prohibited discrimination against individuals on the basis of their “marital status,” barring employers from considering an individual’s status as married or unmarried in making any employment decisions. In the recent case of a New Jersey appeals court recently examined the scope…
Sooner or later, your facility will be the subject of an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). OSHA usually does not provide any advance notice of these inspections (which always seem to occur at the “wrong” time). Nevertheless, how facility representatives handle themselves can directly influence the…
The prevalence of social media in today’s workplace is undisputed. With the lack of discretion often displayed on social media sites such as Facebook, it is no wonder employers seek to control inappropriate employee communications and the unauthorized dissemination of confidential employer information through policies restricting employee social networking activities.…