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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 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 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…
Read MoreNJ Appellate Division Establishes New Legal Standard for In-State Child Relocation Cases: Sets Precedent
New Jersey has a statute of longstanding, N.J.S.A. 9:2-4 that prevents a parent from removing a child permanently from New Jersey to an out-of-state location, unless the removing parent obtains the consent of the other parent or an order of the trial court. In practice, the words of the statute have remained unchanged for decades,…
Read MoreCan You Be Fired for a Positive Marijuana Drug Test in NJ? Maybe Not.
It’s legal in New Jersey to use marijuana for prescribed medical reasons. Many of the state’s employers use drug testing to screen job applicants and terminate employees. A recent NJ court decision sheds much needed light on this developing area of law. There are about 45,000 registered patients in the state’s medical marijuana program, according…
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