To make a claim for unemployment benefits in New Jersey, you have to show that you didn't leave your job "voluntarily without good cause." So if you leave work for any personal reason not related to the work, you can't make a successful claim. But an exception exists...
Businesses are required under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) to provide a safe working environment for their employees. Generally, OSHA protects all employees regardless of title or classification. But it does not protect those who are...
One of the most difficult things in a divorce is the calculation of child support and alimony. Most of the time, a judge will look at the actual income of the husband and wife to decide the amounts to be paid. But the calculation becomes more difficult when one or...
Following the wave of cultural and legal change, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has ruled that all lawful same-sex spouses are recognized for purposes of FMLA leave, regardless of the couple's state of residence. This takes effect on March...
In New Jersey, a child is presumed to be emancipated from his parents at age 18. While married parents are generally under no legal obligation to continue child support after a child turns 18, divorced parents are, including paying for the costs of continued...
The New Jersey State Assembly's Consumer Affairs Committee just cleared a bill that would have a drastic impact on contracts between businesses and consumers. The proposed law would ban contracts that force consumers to give up or limit certain rights, such as the...
With cell phones increasingly used to record high quality video and audio of people in public, it's important to know the extent of the right to record them. While it's generally OK to record others, there's point where the right of privacy puts up a "stop sign."New...
The New Jersey Supreme Court has just made life somewhat more difficult for victims of workplace sexual harassment. It decided that in a sexual discrimination lawsuit, an employer can defend itself by claiming that it "exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct...
The New Jersey Supreme Court will review a lower court decision in a case called Rodriguez_v._Raymours_Furniture. There's a lot at stake for both employers and employees.Under the NJ Law Against Discrimination, the statute of limitations (the time for an employee to...
If you feel a divorce is on the horizon, you should consider "cleaning up" your social media profiles. Unflattering pictures and posts can and will be used against you if there's a custody dispute, or support and division of property issues. If you feel the need to...
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