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Equal Pay for Equal Work: Not as Simple as it Sounds
It sounds simple enough. People performing the same work should be paid equally. It’s hard to argue against if you have a sense of fairness; it’s also part of state and federal law. It’s illegal to unequally pay workers and subject them to unequal terms and conditions of employment on the basis of someone’s protected…
Read MoreWhistleblowers, National Politics, and New Jersey
Published in U.S.1 Princeton Info on November 27, 2019 by Hanan M. Isaacs, Esquire Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, federal and state employment laws apply to your workplace. Consider this: The Problem: President Donald J. Trump owns the Trump Organization, which employs about 22,000 people. If Mr. Trump ever threatened a New…
Read MoreWhat Should Attorney-Trained and Other-Trained Mediators Do and Not Do?
By Hanan M. Isaacs, M.A., J.D., A.P.M. Excerpts from the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators Standards of Conduct for Mediators: STANDARD I. SELF-DETERMINATION A. Mediator shall conduct a mediation based on the principle of Party self-determination. Self-determination is the act of coming to a voluntary decision in which each Party makes free and informed…
Read MoreThe Breakfast Club NJ – Monthly Networking Meeting
The Breakfast Club NJ is celebrating an important milestone by giving away the book “Career in Transition”. The book written by Frank Kovacs and Mark Beal contains 101 lessons that will help achieve job success. The club is celebrating the exact day when it was founded 18 years ago by Frank Kovacs and Mark Beal.…
Read MoreJob Interviews are Hard Enough. Illegal Questions Add Insult to Injury.
You have applied for this great job. Maybe you’ve been unemployed for a while or you’re stuck in a dead-end position. You’re excited and prepared for this interview, knowing there are others in the same boat as you, trying to make progress professionally and financially. Then things get weird. You’re getting interview questions that have…
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