{"id":552,"date":"2014-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/events-lindabury.blawgcloud.com\/2014\/10\/is-it-time-to-limit-your-exposure-to-employment-lawsuits.html"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:29:34","slug":"is-it-time-to-limit-your-exposure-to-employment-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/is-it-time-to-limit-your-exposure-to-employment-lawsuits.html","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time to Limit Your Exposure to Employment Lawsuits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Judiciary reported that approximately 40% of lawsuits filed with the courts involve claims by employees against their current or former employers. In this current litigious landscape, are there actions employers can take to protect against potential employment lawsuits? As a result of a recent decision from a New Jersey appellate court, the answer is a resounding \u201cYes.\u201d Under that decision, employers and employees are permitted to enter into agreements that significantly shorten\u00a0the statutory time period in which employees can file suit against the employer. Employees who fail to file suit within the agreed-upon time period will be barred from pursuing their claims, notwithstanding the fact that the statutory limitations period has not run.<\/p>\n<p>Statutes of limitation are time periods established by law in which lawsuits must be initiated. The statutes of limitation vary depending upon the causes of action being asserted. For example, breach of contract claims can be filed up to six years after the alleged breach; suits alleging violations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/resources\/Appellate_Division_Extends_New_Jersey_Law_Against_Discrimination_to_Divorcing_Employees\/\">New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (\u201cLAD\u201d)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/resources\/Attention_Home_Health_Care_Agencies_Your_Domestic_Caretakers_May_Soon_Be_Accorded_Wage_and_Hour_Protections_of_the_FLSA\/\">New Jersey Wage &amp; Hour Law<\/a> must generally be filed within two years of the accrual of the claim; and whistleblower lawsuits under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/articles-resources\/2014\/10\/new-jersey-supreme-court-raises-the-bar-for-health-care-whistleblowers-under-cepa.html\">Conscientious Employee Protection Act<\/a> must be filed within one year of the accrual of the claim.<\/p>\n<p>In its recently rendered decision in (\u201cRaymours\u201d), the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey affirmed that an employer can require its employees to enter into agreements to shorten the statutory time period in which lawsuits can be filed against the employer, provided that the agreed-upon time period is reasonable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/is-it-time-to-limit-your-exposure-to-employment-lawsuits.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading Is It Time to Limit Your Exposure to Employment Lawsuits?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Judiciary reported that approximately 40% of lawsuits filed with the courts involve claims by employees against their current or former employers. 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