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Two Rabner Baumgart Attorneys Selected as Bergen County’s Top Lawyers in 2024
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Teacher’s Objection to Inadequate Discipline of Student for Threatening Violence Can be Protected by CEPA
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Court Recognizes New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s Broad Definition of Disability
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Taxation of Employment Law Settlements
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Court Addresses When Commissions are Covered by Wage Payment Law
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Timing Between Protected Activity and Adverse Employment Action Supports Whistleblower Claim
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Non-Disparagement Clause Cannot Prevent Employee From Discussing Discrimination
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FTC Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements
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Discriminatory Job Transfer Can be Actionable Without Significant Harm
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Condominiums Can be Required to Allow Emotional Support Animal as Reasonable Accommodation for Resident’s Disability
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Employees Can Proceed with Claim Employer Sued Them for Alleging Discrimination
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Court Dismisses Failure to Accommodate Claim But Allows Related Retaliation Claim to Proceed
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Gerber Must Bring Witness to New Jersey to Testify in Discrimination Lawsuit
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Court Analyzes Prospective Tenant’s Sexual Harassment Claim
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Are Non-Compete Agreements Enforceable Against New Jersey Psychotherapists?
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Jonathan Nirenberg Named One of Bergen County’s Top Lawyers
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Court Reinstates Employee’s Retaliation Lawsuit, Finding Employer Could Have Identified Her as Anonymous Whistleblower
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New Jersey Court Analyzes Time Off as Reasonable Accommodation for Disability
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Sexual Assault of Student Can be Sexual Harassment in Violation of New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Catholic School Did Not Violate Law Against Discrimination by Firing Unmarried Employee When She Got Pregnant
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Resigning to Avoid Participating in Illegal Activity Can Be Protected Under CEPA
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New Federal Protections for Pregnant Employees
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Supreme Court Makes it Easier to Receive Accommodations for Religious Beliefs
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Following Merger, Employer Can Be Liable for Not Offering Job to Employee on Medical Leave
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New Severance Entitlement to New Jersey Employees Subject to Mass Layoffs
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Overtime Exemptions Only Apply to Salaried Employees
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New Jersey’s Whistleblower Law Applies to Employees Working Out of State
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Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg Has Moved!
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Court Reinstates Lawsuit Alleging Employer Searched Cellphone to Seek Justification to Fire Employee
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When Are Employers Liable for Harassment Toward Customers?
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Court Permits Starbucks Reverse Discrimination Claim to Proceed
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Working Through Independent Business Not Enough to Make Employees into Independent Contractors
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Rutgers Women’s Basketball Players Win Appeal in Discrimination Lawsuit
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Non-Disparagement Clauses Do Not Violate New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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No Protection to Employee Fired for Racist Remarks on Facebook
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When Can an Employer Require a Fitness for Duty Exam?
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Employer Can Fire Employee it Honestly Believes Abused FMLA Leave
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Police Captain Can Pursue Harassment in Retaliation for Objection to Illegal Arrest Quota System
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Appellate Division Reinstates Employee’s Whistleblower Claim
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Requiring Employee to Seek Another Job is an Adverse Employment Action
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New Law Bans Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Assault Claims
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Employer Too Late to Compel Arbitration in Whistleblower Lawsuit
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NYC Job Ads Soon Must Specify Salary Ranges
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Employers Can be Liable for Employment Decision Tainted by Subordinate’s Discrimination
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New York State Finally Enacts Broad Whistleblower Law
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Court Must Reconsider Whether Sexual Harassment Victim Agreed to Arbitration
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New Jersey Requires Hiring Preferences for Employees Terminated Due to Workplace Injury
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New Jersey Law Amended to Increase Protection Against Age Discrimination
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New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Permits Punitive Damages Against State and the Local Government
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New Jersey Court Recognizes Importance of Recertifying FMLA Leave
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Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Reinstated by New Jersey Appellate Court
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Broken Promise of New Job Can Lead to Damages for Leaving Your Old Job
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Lack of Evidence of Alleged Corporate Restructuring Can Prove Discrimination
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Two Racial Slurs Enough to Create Hostile Work Environment
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New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Adverse Action Not Required for Failure to Accommodate Claim
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Lawyers Can Enforce Their Own Employment Contracts
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Age Discrimination Lawsuit Need Not Specify Replacement’s Age
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Explained by New Jersey Supreme Court
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Arbitration Agreements Do Not Need to Designate Rules or Forum
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Supreme Court Expands Religious Employers’ First Amendment Defense to Discrimination Claims
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In Finding Federal Law Prohibits Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Supreme Court Makes it Easier to Prove All Forms of Discrimination
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New Jersey Family Leave Act Amended Again
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New Jersey Law Prohibits Retaliation Against Employee Who Refused to Lie in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
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Discrimination and Retaliation Claims During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Coronavirus: New Jersey Employment Rights During a Pandemic
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New Jersey Law Prohibits Discrimination for Prescribed Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use
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Appellate Court Recognizes Employers Must Accommodate Pregnancy
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Rumors Female Employee Had Affair with Male Superior Can be Sexual Harassment
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Is it a Bonus or is it a Tip: When Must Payments from Third Parties be Counted When Calculating Overtime Pay?
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Appellate Division Narrows But Enforces ADP’s Non-Compete Agreement
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New Jersey Enacts Powerful New Wage & Hour Law Protections
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Filing with EEOC Not Required for Court to Hear Title VII Lawsuit
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Employer Liable for Injury Caused by Failure to Accommodate Employee’s Disability
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Trial Lawyer Has Apparent Authority to Settle Discrimination Case
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Termination Three Weeks After Medical Leave Supports Disability Discrimination Claim
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Close Enough? Who is “Similarly Situated” Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination?
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New Jersey Employers Can’t Discriminate for Medical Marijuana Use Outside of Work
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Expansions to the New Jersey’s Family Leave Act
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New Protection to Employees Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Employees Cannot Waive Punitive Damages Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Judge Grants Tax Gross-Up in Discrimination Lawsuit
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Slight Delay to Promotion Not Legally Actionable Discrimination
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Court Finds Bullying Could Violate Employee Handbook
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New Jersey Anti-Discrimination Law Prohibits Firing Employee for Refusing to Sign Arbitration Agreement
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New Jersey’s Whistleblower Law Prohibits Retaliatory Transfer to Less Desirable Job
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Are Telecommuters Protected by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination?
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New Jersey Enacts New Sick Leave Law
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New Jersey Enacts Stronger Equal Pay Law
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Supreme Court Allows More Time to Refile Cases in State Court
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New Jersey Expands “Ban-the-Box” Protection
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New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Protects Breastfeeding
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Hourly Employees Must be Paid for Short Breaks
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Court Extinguishes Volunteer Firefighter’s Whistleblower Claim
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Court Reinstates Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Claims
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Exotic Dancer Can Bring Overtime Claim in Court Despite Arbitration Agreement
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Employee Eligible for Unemployment Benefits After Resigning When New Employer Rescinds Job Offer
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Jonathan I. Nirenberg Quoted in New Jersey Business Magazine
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New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Provides Additional Protection to Military Reserves
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Jury Must Decide Whether Employee Fired Because of Pregnancy or Insubordination
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CEPA Prohibits Employer from Retaliating Against Attorney For Refusing to Violate Ethics Rule
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Single Racist Remark Can Be Actionable Harassment
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New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies How to Prove Disability Discrimination
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Four Rabner Baumgart Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers
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Who Can Be Liable Under New York’s Anti-Discrimination Law?
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New Jersey Discrimination Claim Not Preempted by Federal Labor Law
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New Jersey Court Reinstates Transgender Harassment Lawsuit
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NYC Bans Salary Inquires from Job Applicants
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Employer Must Prove it Did Not Retaliate in Violation of FMLA
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New Law in New York City Protects Independent Contractors
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Employee Seeking Family Leave Entitled to Chance to Correct Deficient Medical Certification
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Unemployment Benefits Do Not Reduce Damages from Discrimination
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Third Circuit Affirms Injunction in Non-Compete Case
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Court Overturns Jury Waiver and Fee Award to Employer Under CEPA
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Employer’s “Honest Belief” Defeats FMLA Retaliation Claim
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Prison Guard Cannot Wear Khimar as Accommodation for Religious Belief
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Assemblyman Hopes to Improve New Jersey Paid Family Leave
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New Jersey and New York Raise Minimum Wage
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Employee’s Disability Harassment Claim Can Proceed to Trial
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EEOC Issues New National Origin Discrimination Guidelines
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New Jersey Court Reinstates Employee’s Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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Third Circuit Reinstates Police Officers’ Whistleblower Case
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Decision Based on Family Relationship is Not Ancestry Discrimination
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Employer Can Be Liable Based on Coworker’s Retaliatory Motive
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Employer Cannot Offset Unpaid Work with Voluntary Pay During Meals
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Law Would Make it Illegal to Seek Job Candidate’s Salary History
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Court Prohibits Employees from Violating Non-Compete Agreement
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Employer Can’t Fire Employee for Mistake Caused by its Failure to Accommodate his Disability
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NJ Supreme Court Makes it Harder to Reduce Emotional Distress Damages
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Objection to Customer’s Sexual Harassment Protected from Retaliation
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Federal Labor Laws Do Not Preempt Union Members Whistleblower Claim
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NJ Court Refuses to Enforce Employment Arbitration Agreement
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Employee Hired When 60 Years Old Can Proceed with Age Discrimination Claim
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Whistleblower Law Applies Even if Employer Already Aware of Violation of Law
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Treating Physician Can Testify About Employee’s Disability
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Rabner Baumgart Welcomes Joseph S. Fine
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Jonathan Nirenberg Quoted in New Jersey Law Journal
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Employer’s Attempt to Mislead Investigator Relevant to Sexual Harassment Claim
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Employers Can’t Fire Employees Based on Stereotypes About Divorce
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Parties Cannot Shorten Deadline to File New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Claims
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Backlash Against Non-Disparagement Clauses
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Supreme Court Clarifies Deadline to File Constructive Discharge Claims
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Employee Can Be Fired For False Affidavit Supporting Discrimination Claim
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First Amendment Protects Speech Perceived to be Protected Political Activity
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Independent Sales Representatives May Be Entitled to Quadruple Damages
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Are Stock “Clawback” Provisions Unenforceable Penalties?
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Elizabeth is Tenth New Jersey Town to Require Paid Family Leave
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Court Rejects Testimony of Undisclosed Witnesses in Religious Accommodation Lawsuit
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Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C.
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Hispanic is a “Race” Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws
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Employers Need Sufficient Basis to Require Fitness for Duty Exam
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Employee Entitled to Evidence of Employer’s Past Discrimination Based on Different Protected Categories
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Rabner Allcorn Settles Employment Case for $2.25 Million
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Employer Prohibited from Enforcing Arbitration Policy in Employee Handbook
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Inaccurate Job Description Foils Termination Based on Failed Fitness for Duty Exam
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Worker Hired Through Temporary Agency Protected by Title VII
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Employee Can Pursue Claims Based on Withdrawn Job Offer
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“Blue Wall of Silence” Looms Large in Whistleblower Case
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The Power of Direct Evidence of Discrimination
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Employer Must Provide Job Description So Employee Can Assess Need for Reasonable Accommodation
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FLSA and FMLA Protect Employees Misclassified as Independent Contractors
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Unlicensed Employment Agencies Cannot Enforce Non-Compete Agreements
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Jury to Decide Whether Nurse’s Disability Prevented Her From Working
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Employee Can Forfeit Salary Through Extreme Disloyalty to Employer
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Court Finds No Gender Discrimination in Weight Requirements for “Borgata Babes”
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Employer Must Request More Information Before Denying FMLA Leave Based on Deficient Medical Certification
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No Compensatory Damages for Breach of Non-Compete Agreement Without Proof of Actual Harm
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Employer Cannot Fire Employee for Requesting Time Off for Disability
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Court Approval Needed to Dismiss Overtime Lawsuit
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Ineffective Policy No Defense to Sexual Harassment Claims
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Apparent Authority Enough to Enforce Employment Agreement
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New York Raising Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers
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New Jersey’s Whistleblower Law Protects All Employees, Including “Watchdogs”
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Ruling Makes it Harder for Unpaid Interns to Bring Wage & Hour Claims
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Court Must Reevaluate Whether Workers Are Independent Contractors or Employees
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Employee Prosecuted for Stealing Documents to Prove Discrimination Claim
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Employers Must Accommodate Job Candidate’s Religious Beliefs Without Request
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Risks of Competing With Your Employer
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FLSA Prohibits Retaliation Based on Internal Complaints
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New Jersey Prohibits Harassment Because of Family Member’s Race
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New York City to Begin Covert Investigations of Hiring Discrimination
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Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnancy Required Under Federal Law
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Estimating Settlement Value of Employment Law Cases
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Calculating Value of Wrongful Termination Cases at Trial
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FMLA Covers Spouses in Same Sex Marriages
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Company Can Require Release Before Rehiring Former Employees
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New Jersey Supreme Court Prohibits Post-Verdict Ex Parte Communications Between Judge and Jury
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Importance of Reporting Sexual Harassment Reinforced by New Jersey Supreme Court
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New Jersey Prohibits Religious and Political Intimidation at Work
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Oral Employment Contract Claim Permitted by New Jersey Court
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New Jersey Supreme Court Broadens Definition of “Employee” Under Wage and Hour Law
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Growing Number of New Jersey Municipalities Require Paid Sick Leave
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Replacing Employee Can Be Adverse Employment Action
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FMLA Requires Medical Support for Employer Denying Reinstatement Based on Employee’s Inability to Perform Essential Job Functions
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Employees Not Entitled to Be Paid for Time Waiting for Mandatory Security Screening
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Jury Must Decide Whether Employee Was Fired Because of Insubordination or Age
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New Jersey Prohibits Retaliating Against Employees Who Object to Actions They Reasonably Believe Were Discriminatory
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Court Finds Positive Performance Reviews Sufficient to Support Disability Discrimination Claim
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Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable Unless Clearly Indicates Waiving Right to Go to Court
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Judge Finds Employer Failed to Present Legitimate Reason for Failing to Promote Employee
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New Jersey Court Upholds $800,000 and $600,000 Emotional Distress Awards in Race Discrimination Lawsuit
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New Jersey Passes Law Protecting Job Candidates with Criminal Records
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Company Must Inform Employee in Advance Regarding Change to Commission Policy
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No Expert Report Required for Doctor to Testify About Employee’s Disability
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EEOC Issues New Pregnancy Discrimination Enforcement Guidelines
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Discrimination Because of Pending Divorce Violates New Jersey Law
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FLSA Prohibits Retaliation Against Employee Who Complained About Violation of State Wage and Hour Law
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Court Takes Surprising Turns in Reasonable Accommodation/FMLA Case
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New Jersey Court Upholds Contract Shortening Deadline to File Discrimination Lawsuit
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Employee’s Objection Must Relate to Violation of Measurable Standard to be Protected by CEPA
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New Jersey Supreme Court Limits Private Lawsuits Under Civil Rights Act
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Court Permits Employee to Proceed With Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit
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Federal Court Permits Employee’s Sexual Harassment Claim to Proceed
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New York City Amends Human Rights Law to Protect Interns From Discrimination
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Third Circuit Finds Individual Owners and Successor Company Can Be Liable for Overtime Violations
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Inability to Sit for Long Time Can Be Disability Under Americans with Disabilities Act
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Firing Employee Eight Days After Objection Enough to Prove Retaliation
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Court Permits Sexual Harassment Claim Even Though Harasser Treated Both Women and Men Poorly
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Protects Whistleblowers Employed by Private Companies
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Newark New Jersey Passes Paid Sick Leave Law
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Court Finds Retaliation Based on When Employee Was Replaced
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Can Your Former Employer See Your Current Employment Records as Part of Your Discrimination Lawsuit?
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New Jersey Court Finds Protection for Whistleblower Who Objected as Part of Job
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Court Upholds New Jersey Law Prohibiting Job Ads Requiring Job Applicants Who Are Currently Employed
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New Jersey Passes Law Prohibiting Pregnancy Discrimination
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Proving Age Discrimination When You Are Replaced by Someone Only Slightly Younger
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Prosecuted for Trying to Prove Discrimination?
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New Jersey Court Permits Employee to Proceed with Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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New Jersey Appellate Court Permits Whistleblower Lawsuit to Proceed
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New Jersey Court Clarifies How to Evaluate Constructive Discharge Claims
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When is an Individual Personally Liable for a Company’s Overtime Violations?
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New York Law Does Not Protect Unpaid Interns From Sexual Harassment
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Jersey City Law Requires Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave
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New Rights for Pregnant Employees in NYC
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Can an Indefinite Leave of Absence be a Reasonable Accommodation for a Disability?
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Governor Christie Signs Two New Employment Laws
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New Jersey’s Whistleblower Law Protects “Watchdog” Employees Whose Jobs Require Them to Report Violations of Law
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Department of Labor Issues Interim Regulations Regarding Obamacare’s Anti-Retaliation Provisions
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New Jersey Appellate Division Erroneously Reverses Verdict in Wrongful Termination Case
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Employers Can Be Held Liable For Discrimination Even if Decision-Maker Has No Bias
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State Supreme Court Lowers Burden to Prove Retaliation Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Is Obesity a Disability Under New Jersey and New York Anti-Discrimination Laws?
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Supreme Court Makes it Harder to Prove Retaliation Under Federal Law
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Supreme Court Limits Definition of “Supervisor” Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Law
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Judge Reduces $3.5 Million Retaliation Verdict to $500,000
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New York City Human Rights Law Protects Poorly Performing Employees From Retaliation
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Court Clarifies How to Prove Sexual Harassment Under New York City Law
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New York City Passes Paid Sick Leave Law
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Court Holds Supervisor Can Be Held Personally Liable for Aiding and Abetting Own Violation of New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Jury Must Decide Whether Workers Are Employees or Independent Contractors Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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New Jersey Court Reverses Dismissal of Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
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Supreme Court Rules Offer of Judgment Renders Overtime Collective Action Moot. Or Does it?
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Court Finds Employee’s Violation of Company’s Policy Protected by New Jersey Whistleblower Law
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New York City Prohibits Discrimination Against Unemployed Job Candidates
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Arriving on Time is Not an Essential Function of Every Job
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Public Employees Can Pursue First Amendment Claim if Harmed by Employer’s Discrimination Against Coworker
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Third Circuit Reinstates Police Sergeant’s Political Affiliation Discrimination Claim Against Jersey City
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Employers Cannot Require Doctor’s Note for Each Use of Intermittent FMLA Leave
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He Said What? Proving Sexual Harassment Based on Information Learned Secondhand
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Third Circuit Finds No Evidence of Discrimination Necessary to Prove Discrimination Case
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Department of Labor Explains FMLA Leaves to Care for Adult Children
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It Happened to Me Too – When Can You Prove Harassment With Evidence of Harassment to Someone Else?
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Employee Who Sent Sexual Emails at Work Still Can Pursue a Sexual Harassment Claim
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Court Rules New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Does Not Apply to New Jersey Resident Who Worked in Pennsylvania
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Court Upholds Newark Police Officer’s $700,000 Verdict in Retaliation Case
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Severance Agreements
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New Jersey Court Reverses Million Dollar Award in Disability Discrimination Case, Finding Jury Relied on Inadmissible Hearsay
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New York’s Highest Court Refuses to Expand Exception to Employment At-Will
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Decision to Seek Outside Job Candidate Isn’t Legitimate Reason Not to Promote Employee
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Employee Claims Company Justified Eliminating Her Job by Reducing Her Job Duties After Her Maternity Leave
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New Jersey Court Permits Age Discrimination Lawsuit Because Company Retained Younger Employees
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United States Supreme Court Rules Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Non-Compete Agreement is Enforceable
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Reducing Employee Hours in Response to Overtime Lawsuit Can Be Retaliatory
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Targeting Alcoholic Employees for Drug Testing Can Violate New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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What Compensation Is an Employee Entitled to if His Employer Was Affected By Hurricane Sandy?
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When Is a Non-Compete Agreement Enforceable in New Jersey?
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Third Circuit Recognizes EEOC’S Broad Power to Investigate Employment Discrimination Claims
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New Jersey Imposes New Requirements Under Equal Pay Act
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Internal Investigations of Discrimination Complaints Might Not Be As Confidential As You Expect
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Court Allows Lawyer to Pursue Claim Against Port Authority Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Filing Questionnaire Can Be Enough to File Discrimination Claim With EEOC
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Court Clarifies Important Issues Under FMLA
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New Jersey Judge Allows Disability Discrimination Case to Proceed
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The Third Circuit Holds Parent Company Not Responsible For Wholly-Owned Subsidiary’s Overtime Violations
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New Jersey Judge Enforces Employee’s Agreement to Shorten Deadline to File Discrimination Lawsuit
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Court Upholds Employee’s Retaliatory Termination Claim Based on Supervisor’s Unfriendliness
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Discrimination Case Dismissed Because Employee Filed Claim with New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
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Supreme Court Rules Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Not Entitled to Overtime Pay
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Employees Forced to Resign May Be Eligible For Unemployment Benefits
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Frequently Asked Questions About the FMLA Part IV: Reinstatement and Remedies
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Frequently Asked Questions About the FMLA Part III: Requesting an FMLA Leave
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New Jersey Whistleblower Law Protects Employee Who Objected to Violation of School District’s Affirmative Action Policy
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the FMLA Part II: Types of FMLA Leaves
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Frequently Asked Questions About the FMLA Part I: FMLA Basics
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Rabner Allcorn Baumgart & Ben-Asher’s Discrimination Lawsuit Discussed in Bergen Record
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New Jersey Prohibits Harassment Based on Mistaken Belief that Employee is Jewish
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Police Officer Fights Potential Termination and Prepares for Civil Rights Lawsuit
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EEOC Clarifies Reasonable Factors Other Than Age Defense
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States Cannot Be Sued for Violations of FMLA Relating to Self Care Medical Leaves
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New Jersey Court Finds Employer Waived Right to Enforce Arbitration Agreement
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FMLA Could Protect Employee Who Took Medical Leave for More Than 12 Weeks
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Novartis Settles Class Action Overtime Lawsuit for $99 Million
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New Jersey Judge Refuses to Seal Settlement Agreement in Overtime Lawsuit
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EEOC Explains When Employers Violate ADA By Requiring High School Diploma
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EEOC Recognizes Pregnancy Discrimination Remains Widespread
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Supervisors Can Be Held Liable Under Family & Medical Leave Act
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New Jersey Supreme Court Reaffirms Lower Threshhold for Attorneys’ Fees Enhancements
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New Jersey Passes Trade Secrets Act
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Religious Ministers Are Not Protected by Anti-Discrimination Laws
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Is Your Non-compete Agreement Enforceable in New York?
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Job Candidate Can Pursue Age Discrimination Claim Based on Decision by Independent Contractor
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New York City Clarifies Right to Reasonable Accommodations for Religious Beliefs
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New Jersey Appellate Court Rejects 50% Reduction to Attorney’s Fees Award in Whistleblower Lawsuit
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Beware: Your Boss Might Read Your Posts on Social Networking Sites
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Jury to Decide Whether Caswell-Massey Discriminated Against Disabled Employee With Sleep Apnea
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New Jersey Court Rules Jury Must Decide If Employer is Responsible for Coworker’s Sexual Harassment
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Employer’s Failure to Follow Job Restructuring Plan Could Prove Discrimination
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Third Circuit Finds Newark Hiring Practice Might Discriminate Based on Race
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Employee Alleges New Jersey Judiciary Failed to Accommodate His Disability
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New Jersey Judiciary Faces Retaliation Lawsuit
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IT Professional Given Second Chance in Race Discrimination Case Against New Jersey Judiciary
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Third Circuit Rules Employer Can Be Liable if Supervisor’s Discrimination Influenced Disciplinary Hearing
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New York Judge Dismisses Pregnancy Discrimination Class Action Against Bloomberg L.P.
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Employees: Beware of How You Request Time Off For a Disability
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Court Finds it Can Be Reasonable to Complain About Sexual Harassment Only to Harasser
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Supreme Court Finds Retaliation Against Employee’s Fiancee Violates Federal Anti-Discrimination Law
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New York Employees Can Prove Overtime Claim Even if They Falsely Recorded Working No Overtime
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Supreme Court Rejects Gender Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart
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New Jersey Employees Can Enforce Employer’s Promise of Reinstatement After Maternity Leave
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New Jersey Employees Can Recover Lost Wages if Forced to Resign Because Retaliation Caused Psychiatric Disorder
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Court Rules Public Employee’s Internet Postings Can Be Protected by the First Amendment
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Filing Lawsuit Can Be Protected Under New Jersey’s Whistleblower Law
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New Jersey Court Rules Employers Cannot Force Employees to Take FMLA Leave
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Limited Time to Review Release is No Defense to Waiver of Employment Law Claims
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New Jersey Makes it Illegal to Discriminate Against Unemployed Job Candidates
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More About the EEOC’s New Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations
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EEOC Issues New Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations
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Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Gives Bayer a Headache
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules FLSA Forbids Retaliation Against Employees Who Make Oral Complaints
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New York Federal Court Requires Early Mediation in Most Employment Discrimination Cases
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Appellate Court Reduces $10 Million Punitive Damages Award For Age Discrimination to $2,465,000
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New Jersey Appellate Division Reinstates Retaliation Claim Against Department of Corrections
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U.S. Supreme Court Adopts “Cat’s Paw” Discrimination Theory
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Third Circuit Reverses Decision Preventing Class Action Arbitration
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Jury To Decide If Employer Must Pay Punitive Damages in Sexual Harassment Case
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Minor League Yankees Play Hardball with Mascot’s Overtime Pay
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How Binding is My Binding Arbitration Agreement?
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Jury Must Decide Whether Anti-Harassment Policy Protects Employer From Sexual Harassment Claim
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New Jersey Court Reinstates Employee’s Failure to Accommodate Religious Belief Claim
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New Rights For New York Hotel and Restaurant Employees
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New York Passes Wage Theft Protection Act
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“Discovery Rule” Can Extend Statute of Limitations Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Can You Be Fired For Giving Confidential Company Documents to Your Employment Lawyer?
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Each Discriminatory Paycheck is Separate Violation of New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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EEOC Sues Port Authority of NY & NJ for Sex and Age Discrimination
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Civil Service Employee’s Failure to Appeal Discipline Does Not Bar Retaliation Case
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Whistleblower Receives $96 Million From GlaxoSmithKline Under False Claims Act
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New Jersey Considers Prohibiting Companies From Saying Unemployed Job Candidates Need Not Apply
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New York Employers Must Provide Same Bereavement Leave to Same-Sex Committed Couples
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the New Jersey Civil Rights Act
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EEOC Sues Fox News for Retaliation on Behalf of Female Reporter
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Employers Strictly Liable for Supervisors’ Sexual Harassment Under New York City Human Rights Law
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Federal Court Rules Death Threats Can Support Sexual Harassment Claim
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New Financial Incentives and Legal Protections for Whistleblowers
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New Jersey Court Allows Harassment Claim Based on Relatively Minor Acts
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New Jersey Supreme Court Agree It’s Illegal Not to Renew Contract Because Employee Is Over 70 Years Old
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New Jersey Makes It Harder to Receive Unemployment Benefits
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Court Clarifies When Non-Residents Are Protected Under New York’s Anti-Discrimination Laws
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Department of Labor Says FMLA Covers Non-Traditional Parents
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Even More Ways to Prove Workplace Discrimination
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Additional Ways to Prove Employment Discrimination
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How Do I Prove Employment Discrimination?
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Nursing Mothers Finally Get a Break
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Supreme Court Clarifies Filing Deadline for Disparate Impact Cases
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Side Effects of Medication Can Constitute a Disability under the ADA
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What to Consider Before Accepting a Severance Agreement
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What is a Constructive Discharge?
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Changing Work Shifts Can Be Required as Reasonable Accommodation for Employee’s Disability
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New Jersey Emergency Responders Employment Protection Act Goes Into Effect
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Retaliation After Termination Can Violate New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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Employers Can Be Held Liable for Discriminatory Hiring Decisions Made By Independent Contractors
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Sexual Harassment of Independent Contractor Can Violate New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Clarified to Include Autisim as Disability
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New Jersey Court Finds Emphatic Response to Discriminatory Remark Can Be Legally Protected
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Subsidy To Health Benefits Extended
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Extended Medical Leave Can Be Reasonable Accommodation Under New York Law
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New York Requires Employers to Provide Written Notice of Overtime Rate
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When Do Employers Violate the ADA By Discriminating Against Employees With Disabled Relatives?
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Employees Who Request FMLA Leave Are Legally Protected Before They Take Any Leave
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Time Worked From Home Counts Toward FMLA’s Minimum Hour Eligibility Requirement If Employer Knew or Had Reason to Know Employee Worked From Home
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NYC Human Rights Law Broader Than State and Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws
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New York Human Rights Law Amended to Prohibit Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence
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EEOC Issues New Guidance to Employees Regarding Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Severance Agreements
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Inadequate Sexual Harassment Investigation Can Help Support Discrimination Claim By Alleged Harasser
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Employees’ Private Communications With Lawyers on Company Computers Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege
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New Jersey Law Prohibits Refusal to Renew Contract Because Employee is Over 70 Years Old
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After-Acquired Evidence Inadmissible Until After Jury Finds Wrongful Termination
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Employees Working in Other States Can Sue Under New York’s Anti-Discrimination Laws
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Discrimination Against Caregivers
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Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act
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Tenure Protection for Clerical Employees in New Jersey Public Schools
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Courts Can Increase Employment Law Jury Awards to Offset Adverse Tax Consequences of Lump Sum Payment
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Federal Government Subsidizing Health Care Benefits For Laid Off Employees
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The Doctrine of Apparent Authority
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Supreme Court Rules it is Unlawful to Retaliate Against Employee For Harassment Complaint During Investigation
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President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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Senate Votes in Support of Fair Pay Act
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Damages in Employment Law Cases
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New Jersey Supreme Court Expands Claim of Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy
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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the New Jersey Family Leave Insurance Law
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New Guidelines Under New York’s Employee Blood Donation Leave Law
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New Jersey Employees Can Prove Discrimination Even If Decisionmaker Had No Discriminatory Animus
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Single Anti-Gay Comment Can Create a Hostile Work Environment
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Mitigation of Damages: Employees Bringing Wrongful Termination Claims Must Make Reasonable Efforts to Find Another Job
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The New Jersey Oppressed Shareholder Statute Protects the Ownership and Employment Interests of Shareholders in Closely Held Corporations
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New Jersey Court Rules that Retaliation After You Are Fired Can Violate The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
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New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Sexual Harassment Standard: Repeatedly Asking For Dates is Not Sexual Harassment
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What You Should Bring to Your Initial Consultation With an Employment Lawyer
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When Can A Private Company Require Random Drug Testing in New Jersey?
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President Signs Law Expanding Scope of Americans With Disabilities Act
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Senate Passes Amendment to Restore Americans With Disabilities Act to Protect Disabled Employees From Discrimination
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Employee Does Not Always Have to Request Accommodation to Trigger Interactive Process
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Employee Rights Laws Part 4: Overview of New York Employment Law Statutes
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Employee Rights Laws Part 3: Overview of New Jersey Employment Law Statutes
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Employee Rights Laws Part 2: Overview of Other Federal “Wrongful Termination” Employment Laws
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Employee Rights Laws Part 1: Overview of Federal Anti-Discrimination Employment Laws
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Why You Might Need an Employment Lawyer
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United States Supreme Court Makes it Easier to Prove Age Discrimination
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Proposed Law to Protect Disabled Employees From Discrimination
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New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies that Supervisors Are Liable for Discrimination if They Actively and Purposefully Participated in it
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Independent Contractors Protected by Conscientious Employee Protection Act
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Illegal to Discriminate Because of an Abortion
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Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
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