Posts by Hanan Isaacs
Federal District Court Orders Employers to Pay for 20 Minute Breaks
Good news for office workers; your employer has to pay you for bathroom breaks. In a recent decision, the a Federal District Judge in Pennsylvania ordered the owners of American Future Systems, Inc., a telemarketing company, to compensate workers for money the company had docked them for short breaks, including trips to the bathroom. The employer owes at least $1.75M in back pay.
Read More“Once we file for divorce, what happens to my U.S. immigration status — that is based entirely on my spouse’s job?” Read answers here.
Since 1998, nearly 2.5 million people have obtained green cards by marrying United States citizens. Divorce statistics being what they are, it is likely that half of those marriages, even those between parties who were once sincerely loving partners, will end in divorce.
Read MoreMay Men Sue for Gender Discrimination in the NJ Workplace? Some will be Surprised at the Answer.
Yahoo fired Gregory Anderson from their media division in November 2014, claiming that he had performed poorly in his quarterly employee review. A year later, Anderson filed a California lawsuit against Yahoo, citing that he was a victim of gender discrimination. While the majority of gender related lawsuits are filed on behalf of women, gender bias can affect men in the workplace as well.
Read MoreThree-Way Parenting — A New Paradigm for New Jersey Family Court
Following lengthy deliberations, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge recently published an opinion granting custody of a child to three parents. The trial court’s landmark opinion is likely to have a significant impact on family court cases throughout New Jersey and the United States, given the steady increase in non-traditional family structures.
Read MorePaid Family Leave Finds Favorable Footing in New Jersey
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a Pregnancy Discrimination Act case in favor of the plaintiff, Peggy Young, who worked as a part-time driver for United Parcel Service (UPS). Her responsibilities included pickup and delivery of packages that had arrived by air carrier the previous night. In 2006, after suffering several miscarriages, she…
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