Employment Blogs
Nursing mothers have rights, too
The PUMP Act (Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers), the law requires employers to provide reasonable break time for workers to express breast milk in a private place other than a bathroom.
Top three forms of workplace discrimination
Every year, the EEOC publishes statistics on the number of discrimination claims submitted to the agency during the previous fiscal year, broken down by the type of discrimination alleged.
Severance agreement rules have changed
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made changes to the rules regarding severance agreements. Whether you’re an employer or an employee, learn how these changes affect you.
How to prevent a hostile workplace
Employers and supervisors need to be more vigilant than ever to eradicate all types of harassment from their workplace. Here are three ways you can actively discourage a hostile work environment and help your employees feel safe and thus be happier at work and more productive:
Are you in a hostile work environment?
Do you feel verbally or physically threatened, intimidated, or humiliated at work? Maybe it’s a colleague who’s always angry at you, or a boss who makes inappropriate comments. You could be experiencing a hostile work environment. Ignoring the conduct may cause it to get worse.
WARNing to NJ employers planning layoffs
Here are three key changes to New Jersey’s version of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act that will impact how you plan and implement your layoffs: