In one of the last sessions of the year 2019, the New Jersey legislature passed a law providing the state’s health employers with wide latitude for requiring that their employees get annual influenza vaccinations. Health care facilities including general or specialized hospitals, nursing homes and home health care agencies can now point to a law…
Read moreNew Jersey Passes Hair Discrimination Law
Almost one year to the day after New Jersey high school wrestler Andrew Johnson made national news when he cut his dreadlocks in order to participate in a wrestling match, the state of New Jersey has passed a law making it illegal to discriminate based on the style or texture of someone’s hair. There has…
Read morePregnancy Bias Lawsuit Filed Against USA Today
There are both federal laws and state laws protecting employees from discrimination based on physical limitations such as handicaps, illness, gender, race, and membership in many other protected classes. Yet despite the fact that it is nearly universally understood that treating employees differently based on these factors is wrong and often illegal, many companies continue…
Read moreAttorney Arykah A. Trabosh of Schorr & Associates Files Suit in Gloucester County
Attorney Arykah A. Trabosh of Schorr & Associates files suit in Gloucester County. NJ.com has the story here. More to come. Updated March 29, 2019. Deanna Tyciak is an administrative assistant in Franklin Township, New Jersey’s public works department and is the department’s lone female employee. She has worked for the department since 2015, and…
Read moreWeek Ending 3/4/16: EEOC v. Pallet Companies
Schorr and Associates' Case of the Week ending March 4, 2016 By Jenelle Hubbard EEOC v. Pallet Companies, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-00595-DRB; EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center, P.C., Civil Action No. 2:16-cv-00225-CB. This week we look at two lawsuits filed in federal court on March 1, 2016 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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