On January 21, 2014, Governor Chris Christie signed S2995 to amend New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by expanding protections against discrimination for employees affected by pregnancy, effective immediately. The amendment makes pregnancy a protected characteristic under the LAD, expressly requires that an employer provide reasonable accommodation to an employee based upon pregnancy-related conditions when
Nicholas M. Tamburri
The Beginnings of a New Trend? New Jersey Proposes to Protect Unpaid Interns From Employment Discrimination
On December 5, 2013, the New Jersey State Senate introduced S-3064 to protect unpaid interns from employment discrimination by amending the Law Against Discrimination, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act and the Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act. New Jersey’s employment discrimination laws are already among the most expansive in the country, so if this new…