Types of Employment Litigation Claims

Here are some of the employment litigation claims and labor cases we handle:

• Sexual Harassment (hostile work environment, quid pro quo)
• Workplace Harassment
• Employment Discrimination
• Retaliation
• CEPA/Whistleblower
• Wage and Hour (overtime pay, unpaid wages, etc.)
• Wrongful Discharge and Wrongful Termination

New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA).

Have you been wrongfully terminated or retaliated against by your employer for doing what is right? You may be protected under CEPA.  If you are unsure whether you are protected under CEPA, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Did you refuse to take part in an activity at work that you believed violated the law?
2. Did you refuse to engage in work activities that you believed to be fraudulent or criminal?
3. Did you refuse to take part in a work activity that harmed the public health, safety, welfare, or the environment?
4. Did you provide information to a court or prosecutor or other public entity in an investigation concerning your employer's possible violation of the law?

You may not realize CEPA protection is not limited to fighting for you only if you are facing wrongful termination. It protects you from any retaliatory action related to the disclosure of an activity that you reasonably believed to be in violation of the law. Such retaliatory behavior can include not only firing, but demotion, failure to promote or other adverse employment action.

To learn more about your rights, contact us today. 

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination(LAD)

LAD prohibits employers from discriminating in any job-related action, including recruitment, interviewing, hiring, promotions, discharge, compensation and the terms, conditions and privileges of employment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), marital status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information liability for military service, or mental or physical disability, including AIDS and HIV related illnesses.

If you are unsure whether you are the victim of employment discrimination, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Are you the victim of an unwelcome sexual advance, requests for sexual relations or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature by your employer or an employer's agent? 
2. Are you the victim of quid pro quo harassment, which occurs when an employer, or an employer's agent, implicitly or explicitly attempts to make submission to sexual demands a condition of employment?
3. Has your employer or an employer's agent conditioned favorable treatment such as promotions, salary increases, or preferred assignments, on your acceptance of sexual advances or relations?
4. Are you working in a hostile work environment? 

To learn more about your rights, contact us today. 

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