New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog

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Employment law issues, news and events.

Author: Steven Siegler is a solo practitioner in East Brunswick, N.J.

Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • States • New Jersey • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog

The "After-Acquired Evidence" DefenseTakes a Hit
Employers who are sued for discrimination or retaliation will sometimes attempt to use what is known as the "after-acquired evidence" defense to limit the amount of damages that an employee can recover. This defense took…
Sotomayor's Even-Handed Record on Employment Cases
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor has an even-handed record when it comes to discrimination lawsuits and employment cases, in particular. Since becoming a federal appellate judge in 1998, she has written several opinions and…
H1-B Employees Strike Back Against Xcel Solutions Corp.
I represent six former employees who have filed counterclaims against Xcel Solutions Corporation, a Matawan, New Jersey based consulting company, alleging that Xcel breached their employment contracts by failing to pay them wages, “bench pay,”…
New Jersey Sheds Another 17,000 Jobs in March
Unemployment rates in New Jersey continued to rise in March, according to a recent press release from the Department of Labor. March was the 14th consecutive month of job losses in the State. The biggest…
Don't Email Your Lawyer from Your Work Computer
A recent case from the New Jersey Superior Court should make any employee who has ever used a work computer to send or receive email from an attorney a little nervous. In Stengart v. Loving…
E.E.O.C Publishes Amendments to Americans with Disabilities Act
For years, federal courts have had a field day chipping away at the Americans with Disabilities Act, reading it in an ever-narrower way and applying it to an ever-shrinking number of Americans. Finally, we have…
Pres. Obama Speaks on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
President Obama spoke so eloquently upon signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which I have blogged about previously, I thought it important to post his words here: "So signing this bill today is to…
Unemployment Benefits Extended to Striking Nurses
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that 97 nurses who went on strike against their employer, Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, were entitled to collect unemployment benefits for the pay they lost during…
Unlicensed NJ Employment Agency Prevented From Enforcing Employment Agreement with its Consultant
I keep telling consulting companies and employment agencies in New Jersey who want to sue my clients for violating non-compete agreements and other employment agreements to forget about it if they are not registered or…
Is It Ever Okay to Be "Just Friends" with the Boss?
We all know that male bosses shouldn't sexually harass their female subordinates, and that female employees should promptly rebuff and report any inappropriate comments by their male bosses to HR or management. But what if…