What is the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination? The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) is a state law that prohibits discrimination in employment based on certain of an employee’s immutable qualifications. It is one of the strongest employee protection laws in the country. Who is protected under the New…
A New Jersey appeals court recently issued an important decision in the case of In the Matter of William R. Hendrickson, Jr., Department of Community Affairs, in which it examined two core concepts in New Jersey’s Civil Service employment law: progressive discipline and the “deemed accepted” rule. Background William…
Our employment lawyers represent New Jersey public employees at the state and local level. One problem that we have run into representing public employees is a recent opinion by the New Jersey Supreme Court which severely limits public employees’ options when their government employers have taken wrongful actions against them.…