Category Archives: Employment Law

New Jersey Federal Contractor Will Pay $625,000 To Resolve Discrimination Case
On November 21st, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced that Cooper Health System—a hospital and medical research center based in Camden, New Jersey—will pay $625,000 to resolve a case centering around allegations of gender discrimination and racial discrimination. The DOL reports that both job applicants and employees were affected by the… Read More »
New Jersey Prohibits Pregnancy Discrimination
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49 (the “LAD”), prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the workplace based upon a number of protected characteristics, including sex or gender. Discrimination on the basis of pregnancy has long been recognized as a form of “sex” discrimination because only one “sex” can get pregnant… Read More »
New Jersey Requires Equal Pay for Equal Work
On April 24, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (the “NJEPA”) to amend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49 (the “LAD”). The NJEPA renders it “an unlawful employment practice, or, as the case may be, an unlawful discrimination …[f]or an employer to pay… Read More »