Many employers are now requiring their employees to wear masks or other face coverings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you refuse to wear a face mask at work, you may face discipline at your job. Mandatory masking policies at workplaces in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are common and are based on the recommendations from
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When employers with 100 or more workers plan mass layoffs, they must provide advance notice to the affected workers. However, there are several exceptions to this law. When an exception applies, the notice requirements do not apply. If you have been laid off or terminated from your job, the attorneys at Swartz Swidler can review
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Workers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have the right to work in environments that are free from religious discrimination. Employers must provide reasonable accommodations to workers for their religious beliefs when the requested accommodations do not place an undue hardship on the business’s operations. However, workers might wonder what they have to do to prove
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When people experience workplace discrimination based on their protected characteristics in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, they can file discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC is the federal agency that enforces federal anti-discrimination laws. When it receives a discrimination charge, the agency will investigate to determine whether discrimination occurred. If the agency
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Federal and state anti-discrimination laws prohibit discrimination based on an applicant’s or employees protected characteristics. Employment discrimination can happen in many ways, and the conduct can be overt or subtle. Prohibited discrimination in the workplace happens when an employer treats a member of a protected class differently than other workers based on the employee’s protected
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If you lose your job in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, you might be eligible for unemployment benefits. These benefits are available to people who are temporarily unemployed because of no fault of their own. If you lost your job because of financial reasons, you will qualify as long as you meet the other requirements. However,
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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), or the Wages and Hours bill, includes employment protection provisions such as overtime pay for employees. However, overtime pay and required minimum wages are provided only to employees that work more than 40 hours in a workweek and that are not an “exempt employee” for purposes of
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If you lose your job in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, you may be eligible for unemployment benefits if your job loss was not your fault. Unemployment benefits can provide a financial safety net when you are not terminated for cause and are looking for a new job. For example, if you lose your job because
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in reaction to the civil rights movements during the 1960s. This law addressed the problem of discrimination in education, public accommodations, housing, and employment. Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 apply to different institutions and offer different protections to people. The attorneys
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People who are members of one of the protected classes are protected against workplace discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against workers based on their protected statuses in all aspects of the employment relationship. Some of the areas of employment in which violations can
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