Why Aren’t Our NJ Workers Better Protected from Workplace Bullying?

By Hanan Isaacs | March 12, 2015

What is workplace bullying? Workplace bullying is a repeated pattern of behavior intended to target, intimidate, offend, degrade, or humiliate a particular person or group. Although it may include physical abuse or the threat of abuse, bullying usually causes psychological rather than physical harm. Effects of Workplace Bullying Bullying affects the workplace environment and workers…

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As an in-house whistleblower in NJ, how much legal protection do you actually get?

By Hanan Isaacs | March 8, 2015

New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”) makes employer retaliation against employees who report workplace violations both unlawful and compensable. While CEPA has encouraged employees to come forward when they believe that crimes, fraud, or other legal violations have been committed, a case now before the New Jersey Supreme Court could change all of that.…

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Race discrimination in the workplace: A painful legacy that is hard to eradicate.

By Hanan Isaacs | March 5, 2015

One hundred fifty years after the end of the U.S. Civil War and more than 50 years after Congress passed the historic Civil Rights Act , race discrimination persists in multiple settings, including the workplace. Some readers may be surprised to learn the subtle effects of race-based discrimination in the modern workplace. Sometimes discriminators target co-workers based…

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Sometimes our employment law cases have to go to trial

By Hanan Isaacs | February 26, 2015

In our last post we wrote about how mediation and other alternative dispute resolution processes may be used to resolve disputes privately between the parties. Sometimes, cases have to be tried in a court of law. The best approach depends on the specific facts and circumstances of each case. In this post, we will discuss…

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