While some employers deduct the cost of supplies and uniforms from their employees’ paychecks, and others deduct money to pay for cash register shortages or breakage, these deductions are not always legal. Some states, including New Jersey, forbid these types of deductions by employers from their employees’ paychecks. In states in which these deductions are
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
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
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
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
Workplace sexual harassment is defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as sexual conduct or advances which create an offensive, hostile or intimidating work environment or that unreasonably interferes with your ability to do your job. Sexual harassment includes many different acts, ranging from persistent sexual joking, inappropriate touching or displaying offensive materials. Both men
You may believe that you have an excellent legal claim against your employer because you have researched your issue and have found a lawyer that you believe is right for your case. When that lawyer says no, you try again. That lawyer also declines to represent you, leaving you to wonder what was wrong. It
Employers who fail to pay all of the wages that their employees have earned have committed a type of theft. There are state and federal labor laws that protect workers, entitling them to receive all of the wages that they are owed for the work that they perform. Workers who are able to prove that
If you believe that your employer has not paid you all that you have earned, you may have the basis to file a legal claim against your employer under state or federal law. Under federal law, the Fair Labor Standards Act mandates that you must be paid for every hour that you work, that you
People who learn that individuals or entities are committing fraud against the federal government may be allowed to file qui tam lawsuits. A qui tam lawsuit is a lawsuit that a private citizen may file against the wrongdoer on behalf of the government. The government may intervene or it may not, and the extent of