Workers in New Jersey must be paid at their regular hourly rates for all of the regular hours that they work, excluding overtime. For your overtime hours, your employer must pay you at a rate of one-and-one-half times of your regular hourly rate. If your employer owes you regular or overtime pay, you may recover
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In 1993, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act so that employees who are forced to miss work to care for their own serious medical conditions, to care for the health conditions of their family members, to care for new children or because of their family members’ military service can have job security. One
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The New Jersey governor signed an equal pay amendment into law on April 24, 2018, which amends the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. The new law will be effective on July 1, 2018, and it increases the equal pay protections for workers who are members of certain protected classes. Under the act, pay differences that
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Many people have a difficult time understanding why proving a sexual harassment case in court can be hard. Part of the problem is that people confuse the common definition of sexual harassment with the legal one. Sexual harassment that happens on the street such as catcalling is not prohibited, but sexual harassment that happens in
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In some cases in New Jersey, people who lose their jobs are eligible to receive unemployment benefits for a certain duration of time. The New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Law works as a safety net for workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. If you have lost your job, you might
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Even when an action seems like it is unfair, it may be legal. For example, your employer is allowed to change your time card without your knowledge. If you think that it was unfairly adjusted, you should talk to your boss and review the Fair Labor Standards Act to determine if the changes were a
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In order to classify you as an independent contractor or as an exempt employee, your employer must first meet specific criteria. If you are misclassified by your employer, you may be cheated out of money on a daily basis. In many cases, it is obvious that a worker who is classified as an independent contractor
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Many people around the country feel that they are not being paid what they are owed. If you continually work long hours only to see that your paycheck is less than what you expected, you might be underpaid. Unfortunately, some employers try to cut corners by shaving off hours or engaging in misclassification schemes. Here
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If you leave your job while you are waiting for a bonus payment or a commission, you may be concerned that you will not receive it. You might think that it might be hard for you to collect your bonus or commission payment after you have left your job. It may seem even less likely
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In the U.S., an estimated $80 billion is lost each year to health care fraud and abuse. This fraud leads to higher health care costs for everyone. The majority of medical providers are honest, but there are some that commit fraud. The complexity of the billing system in the U.S. makes fraud easy to commit
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