About: Matthew Engelson

As the American public becomes increasingly aware of employment discrimination, on-the-job sexual harassment and other injustices in the workplace, more and more victims are coming forward and seeking justice and reparations. Though many of these incidents involve employees in lower level, seemingly vulnerable roles, a newly-filed lawsuit makes clear that is not always the case.…

A pregnancy discrimination complaint has been lodged with New York’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against SoulCycle by one of its former executives. Jordan Kafenbaum had been the company’s senior director of instructor programming and talent management when she was laid off shortly after giving birth. Prior to being let go and shortly after announcing her…

A law passed by the New Jersey Assembly and Senate is now sitting on Governor Phil Murphy’s desk, awaiting his signature. If the governor agrees with its contents, essential workers in the state who are diagnosed with the novel coronavirus will be able to file for workers’ compensation for their illness and their employers and…

As the global pandemic continues to devastate the nation and the world, it is essential that we act with unity and recognize that “we’re all in this together.” That was the message delivered by New Jersey’s Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal as he and representatives from the Division on Civil Rights introduced updated information regarding…

NJ workers have the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), which provides protection against discriminatory termination, harassment, and unfair hiring or employment practices to in many diverse classifications, including but not limited to race, age, gender, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression. Now on the Federal level, LGBTQ advocates and supporters…