http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/ Published by Steven Siegler, Esq. en-us 2010-03-01T14:54:35-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/03/h1b_program_abused_by_nj_consu.html The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking $1.9 million for alleged abuses of the H1-B visa program by Peri Software Solutions, Inc., a Newark, NJ consulting house. According to the DOL press release, Peri Software and its president, Sarib Perisamya,... Employment Contracts Steven Siegler 2010-03-01T14:54:35-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/nj_toll_collectors_accused_of.html Apparently some drivers in NJ have been subjected to sexual and racial harassment in an unlikely place -- their own cars. According to website The Smoking Gun, toll collectors on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway have "gone... Discrimination and Harassment Steven Siegler 2010-02-24T15:52:41-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/01/unemployment_in_nj_hits_33year.html According to the New Jersey Department of Labor, employers in New Jersey continued to trim payrolls in December as the state’s unemployment rate climbed to a 33-year high of 10.1 percent. Overall the state lost approximately 2000 jobs in December.... Wage and Hour Claims Steven Siegler 2010-01-20T17:17:47-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/11/eeoc_to_enforce_genetic_nondis.html The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has assumed responsibility for enforcing the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), an important piece of legislation which I blogged about in April and May 2008. This is the first expansion of the EEOC's enforcement... Discrimination and Harassment Steven Siegler 2009-11-20T18:20:59-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/06/the_afteracquired_evidence_def.html Employers who are sued for discrimination or retaliation will sometimes attempt to use what is known as the "after-acquired evidence" defense to limit the amount of damages that an employee can recover. This defense took a hit in the recently... Steven Siegler 2009-06-09T11:08:51-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/05/sotomayors_evenhanded_record_o.html Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor has an even-handed record when it comes to discrimination lawsuits and employment cases, in particular. Since becoming a federal appellate judge in 1998, she has written several opinions and dissents which sided with persons... Steven Siegler 2009-05-27T09:04:25-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/05/h1b_employees_strike_back_agai.html I represent six former employees who have filed counterclaims against Xcel Solutions Corporation, a Matawan, New Jersey based consulting company, alleging that Xcel breached their employment contracts by failing to pay them wages, “bench pay,” bonuses, and other monies. The... Employment Contracts Steven Siegler 2009-05-20T10:51:06-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/04/new_jersey_sheds_another_17000_jobs_in_march.html Unemployment rates in New Jersey continued to rise in March, according to a recent press release from the Department of Labor. March was the 14th consecutive month of job losses in the State. The biggest losses occurred in the leisure... Steven Siegler 2009-04-17T21:59:04-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/03/dont_email_your_lawyer_from_your_work_computer.html A recent case from the New Jersey Superior Court should make any employee who has ever used a work computer to send or receive email from an attorney a little nervous. In Stengart v. Loving Care Ag. Inc., No. BER-L-858-08... Steven Siegler 2009-03-22T22:26:30-05:00 http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/03/eeoc_publishes_amendments_to_americans_with_disabilities_act.html For years, federal courts have had a field day chipping away at the Americans with Disabilities Act, reading it in an ever-narrower way and applying it to an ever-shrinking number of Americans. Finally, we have passed common-sense legislation which undoes... Discrimination and Harassment Steven Siegler 2009-03-20T09:50:06-05:00