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New Jersey Whistle-blower Wins Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Employees should not have to fear coming forward to report wrongdoing in the workplace. Unfortunately, many employees hesitate to stand up for their rights at work, or resist reporting illegal activities of their employers, because they think they might be fired for doing so. It is illegal here in New Jersey–by state law and federal…
Read MoreCops 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…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreIs It Better to Marry and Divorce Than to Never Marry at All?
Many people in New Jersey and all over the country are making decisions not to get married, even when they have children. In fact, the marriage rate in the U.S. is currently at a record low. One reason behind this trend may be the fact that so many people in their 20s and 30s grew…
Read MoreCan 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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