Discrimination

As a person with a disability, you generally have a right to obtain employment without being harassed or discriminated against. Not only does Federal law provide certain protections, but so too does the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.

Many potential clients enter our office to pursue their claims of discrimination with stacks of documents that they think support their cases. Some of these documents are merely their own performance evaluations or company policies that they were given to them at the start of their employment.

In June of 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that an employee who takes an employer's confidential documents can face criminal prosecution. In the case, State v.

A work environment free of discrimination and harassment is guaranteed by law. While we’ve come a long way towards achieving this goal in recent years, workplace discrimination still exists. For many men and women experiencing this mistreatment, it can lead to a feeling of powerlessness and an unpleasant working environment.

Hair discrimination is unjust or prejudicial treatment based on an individual's natural hairstyle in the workplace, housing, and schools. It is primarily felt by black Americans, whose hair naturally has a different texture and style than other races.

Your employer has a legal obligation to provide you with a safe workplace free of hostility and abuse. If you have been subjected to a hostile work environment because of harassment based on your membership in a protected class, you may be able to sue your employer.

Sexual harassment is never tolerable, but it is unfortunately common in many workplaces. Despite federal and state laws against discrimination, including sexual harassment, and the policies many employers implement to prevent it, people are still harassed by their coworkers and supervisors.

When Naomi Parker Fraley was 20 years old in 1942, she was photographed in her work uniform performing her job duties at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. She began work there right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor where her duties included drilling, patching airplane wings and riveting.  Unknown to her until very recently, that picture was used for the poster "Rosie the Riveter" that was distributed throughout the country during that war.  Ms. Fraley was not identified as the young woman used for the famous poster until 2016 by Dr.