Cops Base Child Support Delinquency Charges on Facebook Evidence

Under New Jersey law, both parents are legally required to contribute to a child’s financial support. Child support orders are generally calculated with a formula that accounts for each parent’s income, the percentage of time the child spends at each parent’s home and the child’s expenses. It is very important that child support orders are…

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New Jersey Gas Station Owner Settles Overtime Pay Lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division has recently been cracking down on wage theft. Wage theft generally occurs when employers fail to pay the proper minimum wage or overtime rates as stipulated in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, when employers misclassify workers as exempt from the FLSA or otherwise skirt wages…

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Can Your New Jersey Employer Snoop Through Your Email? Probably.

New Jersey residents may have heard the news report about Harvard faculty members becoming stunned and frustrated upon learning the university snooped through the work email accounts of 16 deans. Harvard did this to learn which dean leaked confidential information to the press about a cheating scandal at the university. While the faculty’s disappointment is…

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Domestic Violence is on the Rise in the Wake of Sandy

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, many New Jersey residents are continuing to face a number of serious struggles. One of the challenges that has not been reported in the news media much is one which is taking place mainly behind closed doors. Domestic violence has reportedly been on the rise in New Jersey since…

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