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The Employer Handbook BlogYou’ll never guess which state has joined NY and CA by banning grooming and hairstyle discrimination at work
Water is wet. Grass is green. And, yes, New Jersey remains the employee-rights capital of the East. Continue reading
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New legislation in NJ would make it much harder to use independent contractors
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Yesterday, one of my favorite readers of the blog forwarded me a link to this article, “Sweeney-backed bill may eliminate independent contractors in N.J.”
That got my attention. Continue reading
NJ issues “Guidance on Race Discrimination Based on Hairstyle”
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Just before Christmas last year, a referee in a high school wrestling match in New Jersey told an African-American wrestler that he must cut his dreadlocks or forfeit the match. This made national news.
How many of you would risk the retaliation claim here? (I would)
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You’ve been here before.
One of your employees just complained about discrimination in the workplace. Or maybe s/he just participated in an HR investigation. A few days or weeks later, s/he violates your work rules and you have clear grounds to fire the employee.
Now you have a conundrum. Do you fire the employee and risk the retaliation claim? Or do you give the employee a pass?
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NJ has a new ‘wage-theft’ law. Here are 10 things that employers must know about it now.
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If you’re old enough, maybe you remember this Miller Lite commercial from the 1970s where Steve “The Miz” Mizerak was just showing off at a billiards table, working up a thirst for his adult beverage of choice: Miller Lite.
Last week, the State of New Jersey passed yet another workplace law. This time, it’s this measure to protect against what’s being dubbed “wage theft.”
I’d say get NJ a glass of something cold, but at the rate at which the Garden State is passing new employment laws, they’d just say, “Hold my drink.” Continue reading
NJ says goodbye to salary-history questions for job applicants
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The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.
Well, it may not be the first rule in New Jersey workplaces – we’ve got plenty of those and many more added in the past 12 months – but the most recent rule in New Jersey: you don’t talk about salary history when interviewing job candidates. Continue reading
Five things NJ employers need to know about the State’s expanded medical marijuana law
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Here are five things that local employers need to know about the amended CUMMA. Continue reading
The owner’s son was fired for peeing on a child’s cancer memorial. Lessons on accountability and off-duty conduct.
The owner of a plumbing company fired his son who is accused of urinating on a memorial dedicated to a boy who died from cancer in 2012. Continue reading
Is it ok to ask a lesbian co-worker to use her ‘gaydar’ to determine whether a new client is also gay?
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Short answer: No.
Slightly longer answer: No, you jerk, of course not!
In a few hundred more words, I’ll explain why. Continue reading
Seven signs the non-solicitation and non-competition agreements your employees signed may be unenforceable.
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The rest of you deadbeats are stuck with only five free weekly blog posts. Continue reading