For generations, women have been participating in the workforce. Despite the presence of women in the workplace, laws about how pregnant women should be treated at work continue to evolve. The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a case that focused on safe working conditions for pregnant women. Following the decision, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Civil and criminal cases may go to trial before a jury, which is a panel of randomly selected people from the community who are tasked with rendering verdicts. People who are called to serve jury duty will receive summonses in the mail to appear at a particular time and on a specific date. People who
If you feel like your employer is making too many demands on your time, you might wonder if there is a law that determines how many hours per week is considered to be full time. Full-time employment is not legally defined, however. What is considered to be full-time is up to your employer and your
You may have been asked for a doctor’s note by your employer when you have taken off from work because you were ill. You might wonder whether there is a law that concerns a requirement by employers for doctors’ notes from their employees. Employers are allowed to ask their employees to get notes from their
Workers in New Jersey might wonder how many hours they need to work in a week to be considered to be full-time workers. The Fair Labor Standards Act does not provide any laws that define full-time work. Instead, this determination depends on each company’s policy and practices other than the requirements of the Affordable Care
If you have recently lost a loved one, you might be granted bereavement leave by your employer. This type of leave allows you to take time to make funeral arrangements, attend your loved one’s funeral, and to take care of certain post-death tasks. While a large number of employers offer this type of leave to
If you are a statutory employee, you might wonder how overtime pay is calculated. Overtime pay is calculated at one-and-one-half times your hourly rate. This means that you must be paid your regular hourly rate along with an overtime premium of one-half of your rate for each hour that you work during a work week
Most workers have jobs in which they have vertical relationships with their supervisors or managers. This means that you report to your supervisor, and your supervisor has the authority to make decisions, including whether to terminate your job. If you have been fired for insubordination, you might wonder whether your employer was allowed to take
Losing your job can be frustrating. If you have recently lost your job, you might be worried about how you will be able to pay your bills while you look for another job. Unemployment benefits might be available to you if you are unemployed if the reason for your unemployment is not your own fault.
In New Jersey, workers who are considered to be non-exempt employees are entitled to receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a work week. Not all employees are entitled to receive overtime, however. For employees who are entitled to overtime pay, the amount that they must be paid will be calculated