Articles Posted in punitive damages

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees to permit them to be able to continue to perform their jobs. Ordinarily, an employee who brings a discrimination case under the LAD has to prove the discrimination led to an adverse employment action…

A recent unpublished opinion from the New Jersey Appellate Division holds that employees cannot waive in advance their right to recover punitive damages under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”). Milagros Roman worked for Bergen Logistics LLC as a human resources generalist. She claims that her immediate boss, Human…