Immediately! Don’t wait.Well, first, file your application for unemployment compensation benefits but then contact legal counsel. It is worth discussing the matter with an attorney, even briefly, to make sure that you have notbeen wrongfully terminated. This is...
Protecting Your Rights And Interests, No Matter The Issue
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Are you a Target For Termination?
Are you next on the list? How can you tell? These are normal concerns for any employee in the workforce, especially in a bad economy where every WSJ or NYTimes article foretells of more layoffs and corporate budget cuts. How can you protect yourself in this...
LGBT Rights in Pennsylvania
PA HB 300/SB 300: "An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for the title, for findings and declaration of policy, for right to freedom from discrimination in employment, housing...
Lesson Learned: Reporting Violations at Work
Battaglia v. UPS New Jersey Supreme Court, September 2011 An employee sued for retaliation in violation of the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) and the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) when he was demoted and became depressed and missed 5 months of work. ...
5 Things to Consider When Dealing with an Abusive Supervisor
PART I: Pre-Termination Counseling - Targeted Abuse Ever get that feeling that you are being targeted at work, that your supervisor appears to be picking on you more than others, or that suddenly, nothing you do seems right? Don't ignore your instinct that something...
How do you deal with the office bully?
PART II: Pre-Termination counseling - Work Place Bullies While none of the states in the union currently have laws preventing work place bullying, the trend is likely to spread from our European cousins. Currently, numerous employees are subject to harsh and abusive...
A Cautionary Tale in Board Service
A group of individuals volunteer for a non-profit Board. They have monthly meetings and work diligently to further the mission and objectives of the organization. They are periodically presented with some informal reports regarding the organization’s finances but...
Do you have a retaliation claim?
What is retaliation? A retaliation claim arises when: An employee has a good faith basis for believing that he or she is being discriminated against on the basis of sex, race, age, or some other protected category; and Make a complaint about that discrimination to...
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION NJ
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR NEW JERSEY EMPLOYEES You might be a whistleblower if: (a) You refuse to participate in an employment activity which you believe to be against the law; (b) You refuse to participate in an employment activity which you believe to be in...
Workplace Investigations
As an employee, you may be asked to participate in a work place investigation in one of three scenarios: as a target, as a complainant, or as a witness. In each instance, take special care to document your involvement either by emails to HR or memos to your self made...

