Posts by Hanan Isaacs
Service Animals, Peacocks, and Clowns: Oh My!
If you need a service or emotional support animal to work, your NJ employer should try to reasonably accommodate you, but there is a lot of fine print along with that. The closer you are to a traditional service animal situation (someone is blind and uses a service dog) the better your chances. The more…
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 MoreCaring for a Child? Become the Guardian Instead
Many grandparents, aunts, and uncles are caring for children who are not their own. These are often children of parents who are unwilling or unable to care for them. They may be substance abusers, seriously ill, incarcerated, mentally incapacitated, or in active military service outside of the country. If you are such a caregiver, it’s…
Read MoreThe Breakfast Club New Jersey – 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 MorePresident Trump Sets a Bad Example for America’s Employers
The Trump Organization, the network of businesses owned by President Donald J. Trump, employs an estimated 22,000 people. If Mr. Trump ever made a statement about an employee similar to the one he made about a group of four female, non-white, Democratic Members of Congress, it would be used as evidence of unlawful, discriminatory and…
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