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The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently decided a case that found no age discrimination where four employees had been terminated for violating the company’s policy against emailing of sexually explicit pictures. The case arose when the company began an investigation of one of the four employees for sexual harassment. In the course…

This brief supports a parenting coordinator’s right to seek an award of reasonable fees and costs incurred while defending against a party’s meritless ethics complaints. – See more at: hanan-afcc-nj-amicus-brief-11-01-11

The Supreme Court of New Jersey accepts Hanan M. Isaacs’s “friend of the court” brief co-written with Amy Wechsler, Esq., and submitted on behalf of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts – New Jersey Chapter (AFCC-NJ). https://kingstonlawgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hanan-AFCC-NJ-AMICUS-BRIEF-11-01-11.pdf

Recent decisions by the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Appellate Division clarify the definition of “adverse employment action” that triggers New Jersey’s <a href=”https://kingstonlawgroup.com/federal-state-employment-law/whistleblower-claims/”>”whistleblower law,”</a> known as the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). <strong>Adverse Employment Action</strong> John Seddon had worked for Dupont 30 years when he filed a complaint with OSHA, the federal office…

Sexual harassment in the workplace has long been illegal. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of1964 classifies sexual harassment as discrimination. The specific definition is “unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive and affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment.” The EEOC, the federal…