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Can you fire someone for getting divorced? Once court says no.

In this unanimous 6-0 decision on Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that employers cannot let any of the following motivate an employment decision: being single; getting engaged; marriage; a break up; divorce; or recently widowed All of this constitutes discrimination based on “marital status” under New Jersey’s Law…

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Can an employee fired for an extra-marital affair claim marital-status discrimination?

Well, I suppose you can claim just about anything. For example ***takes big dose of medication*** I claim god status on the third sun for Rondor. My fourth place finish on the unaired celebrity-blogger episode of Chopped really raised by Rondor grass cred. (No streets on Rondor; only luscious purple grass). But, when…