Workplace Retaliation: What Are Your Rights? Learn about workplace retaliation — and what to do if it happens to you. Most people know that laws exist to protect employees from discrimination and harassment. However, many don’t know these laws also protect employees from retaliation. That means employers cannot punish employees for making discrimination or harassment complaints or participating in workplace investigations. And punishment doesn’t just mean firing or demotion: It can include other negative employment actions, from being denied a raise or transfer to a more desirable position to missing out on training or mentoring opportunities. What Is Retaliation? Retaliation [ Read More ]
New Jersey has enacted a number of state statutes supplementing federal wrongful termination and discrimination laws, the most common of which are the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Federal Labor Standards Act of 1938. New Jersey workers have the right, in this “at will” employment state, to quit a job for any reason, and an employer has the right to terminate an employee for any reason except those which are specifically protected in federal and state laws. If an employer illegally terminates an employee, federal and state laws provide guidelines for filing claims and/or lawsuits to obtain the [ Read More ]
