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New Jersey Civil Service Testing and Examination Appeals

The key to New Jersey Civil Service hiring and promotion is the examination.  The State Constitution and New Jersey Civil Service Act require merit-based appointments based, whenever possible, on examinations. Announcements.  The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is responsible for administrating examinations which fairly test applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities…

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Civil Service Disciplinary Procedures at the Employer Level

Because the purpose of the New Jersey Civil Service System is to remove politics, nepotism and favoritism from the hiring and disciplinary processes to ensure that employment decisions are based on merit and fitness, just cause must be found for imposing discipline.  And because the employer is the government, all…

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Third Circuit Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Age Discrimination Under New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination has rightly been called one of the strongest employee protection laws in the nation.  This is true both because of the broad range of inherent characteristics  which it protects from discrimination, and the strong legal protections and remedies it provides.  In short, the Law Against…

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Third Circuit Court of Appeals Defines Standard for Finding “Willful” Violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act

Willful Violations Under The Fair Labor Standards Act The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act establishes rates of minimum wage and overtime pay which employers must pay to their employees.  Employees successfully suing their employers for violations of these requirements can recover their lost wages, and their employers will be required…

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