As a business owner, what accommodations am I required to make for disabled employees?

Jun 23, 2025 | Workplace Investigation

New Jersey’s anti-discrimination laws protect workers with disabilities by requiring employers to accommodate their limitations in the workplace when asked to do so. However, companies are not required to go to extreme lengths to make the workplace or the work duties...

Employers: Do Not Dock Workers’ Pay When They Take Short Breaks

Jun 11, 2025 | Workplace Investigation

We like to bring employers simple tips that can head off problems before they start.  Here’s one that comes from a recent decision from the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and (yes) the Virgin Islands.  The...

Sales Representation Protection Act does Not Apply to Direct Employees

Jun 11, 2025 | Workplace Investigation

Our last post explored the legal remedies available to independent sales representatives in New Jersey when a principal is reluctant to pay. But what happens when you’re not independent, but a direct employee who works on commission? The Sales Representative...

Discrimination: If Your Employer Has Violated Your Rights

Jun 11, 2025 | Employment Law, Workplace Investigation

The big dog of anti-discrimination law in New Jersey is the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, commonly known as the NJLAD or just LAD.  The LAD wraps up in one often-expanding package most of the anti-discrimination law of the Garden State.  Discrimination is...

Take These Steps to Protect Your Valuable Intellectual Property

Jun 11, 2025 | Workplace Investigation

You have a lock on your front door to keep people from stealing your physical property, but do you have adequate security measures in place to protect your intellectual property? Many businesses don’t—not because they don’t think it’s important, but because they don’t...

Sometimes Boilerplate Provisions in Contracts Really Makes a Difference

Jun 11, 2025 | Workplace Investigation

Or…The Eyes of Texas Were Upon the Beauty Consultant From NJ How many contracts have you signed in the course of your business career?  Did any of them contain a choice of law provision?  You know, buried down somewhere toward the end where you always find the...