On September 21, 2018, the Appellate Division in the matter of Nowakowski v. Board of Review et al., A-0670-17T2, confirmed a denial of unemployment compensation benefits sought by Appellant Alan K. Nowakowski after he voluntarily resigned from his position, despite the Appellant’s argument that he had good cause to resign. […]
As a part of the sweeping changes made in response to the #MeToo movement, NY state and NY City have implemented a bundle of new regulations in 2018 to address issues of sexual harassment in the workplace. Several deadlines under these laws are upcoming, and employers must prepare accordingly to […]
In two recent decisions both decided on August 23, 2018, the Appellate Division simultaneously confirmed the broad deference New Jersey courts give to Arbitration Agreements in the employment context, while also marking limitations as to how far even a clear agreement by the parties may extend when involving restrictions on […]
On July 30, 2018, a three judge panel of the Appellate Division upheld a $525,000 jury verdict, for Customer Service Representative Marilyn Velez, against her former employer and supervisor. Velez’s claims were brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination against her employer, Rocktenn Co., a corrugated box producer based […]
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