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 ]

When Congress first created the False Claims Act it included “qui tam” provisions which permit private citizens to file lawsuits in place of the government against companies or individuals who commit fraud on the government.  “Qui tam” is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase, “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur,” which roughly means “he who brings an action for the king as well as for himself.” Any person or entity that has evidence or information that fraud has been committed against a government program or contract is entitled to bring a qui tam  [ Read More ]

New Jersey Resources NJ Department of Labor NJ Division of Workers Compensation NJ Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) NJ Perc Recent Commission Decisions A Laypersons Guide To Understanding the Workers Compensation System in New Jersey A New Jersey Law in Review article by Attorney John D. Kovac Preventing Lawsuits and Employee Turnover A New Jersey Law in Review article by Attorney Bruce E. Gudin of Levy, Ehrlich & Petriello New Jersey Employment Law Forum The Laws: 29 USC Title Labor Link to the table of contents at Cornell’s Legal Information Institute 26 USC CHAPTER 23 Unemployment Link to the table  [ Read More ]