New Jersey employment law provides significant protections for employees who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have recently given birth. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination provides protection against discrimination against pregnant and breastfeeding employees. It also requires that employers make reasonable accommodations available so that pregnant or breastfeeding employees and new…
New Jersey employment law prohibits pregnancy discrimination and disability discrimination. The United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently examined the standard employees must meet to prove pregnancy discrimination and disability discrimination in the case of Peifer v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. Peifer’s Employment with the Board…
New Jersey Employment Law Protections for Pregnant Employees New Jersey employment law, as well as Federal employment law, prohibits discrimination against employees because of pregnancy, requires employees to reasonably accommodate employees’ pregnancy, bars retaliation against employees who request accommodations for pregnancy or object to the treatment of pregnant employees, and…
On March 9, 2021, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an important employment law decision on pregnancy discrimination in the case of Delanoy v. Township of Ocean, which confirms the distinct causes of actions that may be brought and how they should be brought under the New Jersey Pregnant Workers…