The New Jersey Appellate Division examined a town’s termination of payments to its former employee under a separation agreement when the employee became employed by another town. Background Alberto Cabrera was the municipal clerk of the Town of Guttenberg, New Jersey. As so often happens, the parties wished to terminate…
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act The New Jersey Arbitration Act and Federal Arbitration Act generally require enforcement of agreements to arbitrate disputes. This extends to the enforcement of arbitration agreements in employment contracts. However, in response to the #MeToo Movement, Congress passed the Ending…
New Jersey’s whistleblower law was recently amended to further protect New Jersey private and public sector employees from being forced by their employers to sit through required “captive audience” meetings in an attempt to improperly coerce their employees from exercising their rights. The Conscientious Employee Protection Act The Conscientious Employee…
McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC is pleased to announce that Brooke Fulmer will be joining us as a law clerk. She will be full-time during the Summer, and part-time during the school year. Brook is heading into her third year at New York Law School where she is an editor for…
What is the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination? The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) is a state law that prohibits discrimination in employment based on certain of an employee’s immutable qualifications. It is one of the strongest employee protection laws in the country. Who is protected under the New…
A New Jersey appeals court recently issued an important decision in the case of In the Matter of William R. Hendrickson, Jr., Department of Community Affairs, in which it examined two core concepts in New Jersey’s Civil Service employment law: progressive discipline and the “deemed accepted” rule. Background William…
Our employment lawyers represent New Jersey public employees at the state and local level. One problem that we have run into representing public employees is a recent opinion by the New Jersey Supreme Court which severely limits public employees’ options when their government employers have taken wrongful actions against them.…