Workers’ Compensation vs. Personal Injury: What You Need to Know After a Job-Related Accident
Workers' comp vs. personal injury claims in NJ after a job-related accident, including the intentional wrong exception for workplace injuries.
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New Jersey employees are protected by strong workplace statutes, including the Law Against Discrimination, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, and wage-and-hour rules that work alongside federal law. These articles explain rights around discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and pay, and how claims are pursued. They are general information about New Jersey employment law, not advice about a specific workplace dispute.
Workers' comp vs. personal injury claims in NJ after a job-related accident, including the intentional wrong exception for workplace injuries.
A NJ court ruling clarifies when online postings are defamation and how minor edits affect the statute of limitations for defamation claims.
The EEOC reviewed whether the Gadsden Flag at work creates a racially hostile environment, and what its 2016 decision meant for employers.
A California DA allegedly distributed intimate photos of a deputy public defender, raising serious prosecutorial ethics and privacy questions.
New Jersey has no general statute opening private-sector personnel files, but specific paths can still reach the records an employer holds.
Social media posts can be used as evidence in lawsuits. How Facebook and online activity can affect divorce, custody, and personal injury cases.
Employers must accommodate breastfeeding mothers under the ACA and NJ law. Learn your rights if you face discrimination for pumping breast milk.
NJ appeals court ruled age discrimination claims against Ernst & Young must go to mandatory arbitration.
NJ Supreme Court ruled employees may face prosecution for taking documents to support discrimination claims.
NJ Supreme Court allowed a civil jury to determine employee vs. contractor status in a workers comp case.
Federal and NJ laws protect employees who report workplace violations from retaliation. A national case shows how that retaliation can unfold.
Class-action lawsuit against Michaels Stores alleges FCRA violations in employment credit check disclosures.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined in 2015 to review an Eighth Circuit ruling that firing a breastfeeding employee was not sex discrimination.
The U.S. Supreme Court took up pregnancy accommodation at work in Young v. UPS. New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination also addresses pregnancy.
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