New Jersey Employment Law Blog
This blawg links to and comments on news reports and court decisions related to employment law.
Author: Franklyn C. Steinberg III represents small and medium-size businesses in matters of employment law and business litigation. An enthusiastic pilot, he also practices aviation law.
Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISA • Labor & Employment • Solos/Small Firms
Recent Posts from New Jersey Employment Law Blog
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Let's Remember Why We Celebrate Independence Day
As we head for the festivities of the long weekend, let's all make it a point to take a moment to remember why we celebrate. And amid the difficult economy, partisan bickering, and cable TV…
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Unemployment 9.5% and Rising
From Bloomberg: new DOL figures show 467,000(!) jobs lost in June. That's 9.5% unemployment, and the consensus seems to be that any recovery in the relatively near future will not see us regain those losses.…
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Are Insurance Agents Employees or Independent Contractors
A recurring problem in wage and hour law is trying to distinguish between employees, who are are protected by the law, and independent contractors, who are not. The issue has arisen again, this time in…
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Sexual Harassment: Workplace Loaded with Pornography and Bad Language
The great Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once defined "law" as "the prophecies of what the courts will do in fact." So in one sense lawyers are prophets, soothsayers, predictors of an uncertain future.…
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Retaliation: $3 Million Verdict
Here's another example of why employers need to take seriously --- and treat appropriately --- employee complaints of discrimination. Here the plaintiff won a $3 million verdict when a jury found that the employer, United…
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There "But For" the Grace of God
The Supreme Court today handed employers a victory with its decision today in Gross v. FBL Financial. Our prior post on the case is here, for background. The opinion was written by Justice Thomas. Although…
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3rd Circuit Clarifies Definition of "Management Level Employee"
On June 8 the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision that clarifies an issue important to corporate liability for sexual harassment. The case is Huston v. Procter & Gamble Paper Products Corp.…
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In Sports, Make Sure That A Contract Is Really A Contract
College coaching is big business. At many major state universities the highest paid employee is not the president, but the football coach. With big bucks involved, the Chronicle of Higher Education asks why universities often…
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Unemployment Continues to Soar
The most recent jobs report, per Reuters, shows that the unemployment rate increased to 9.4% in May. The human cost? American families lost 345,000 jobs in one month. To put that in perspective, it's roughly…