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Can My Employer Fire Me for Being Pregnant in NJ? Understanding Legal Protections
No, your employer cannot legally fire you because you are pregnant. New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) makes pregnancy a protected category, and the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act adds further protection for accommodation requests....
New Jersey Expands Job-Protected Leave for Workers Starting July 2026
Starting July 17, 2026, New Jersey expanded job-protected leave for workers across the state. These changes extend job protection to workers, including those at smaller and part-time employers, who previously had far less protections or...
What Can I Do If My Employer Fails to Pay Me on Time or in Full?
If your paycheck arrives late or short, your employer may have violated New Jersey’s wage payment law, or the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law and you have the right to recover what you are...
What to Do If You're Denied Accommodation While Pregnant at Work
If your employer denies you a reasonable accommodation while you are pregnant, that denial may violate both New Jersey and federal law. You should not have to choose between your health and your paycheck to...
What Protections Does New Jersey Law Provide for Pregnant Workers?
Pregnancy brings significant changes to a worker’s life, and New Jersey law recognizes that those changes should never cost someone their job, their income, or their workplace standing. South Jersey workers who are pregnant, recovering...
What Protections Do Whistleblowers Have Under Federal and State Law?
Employees who report wrongdoing may unfortunately face a backlash of retaliation from their employers. Retaliation from employers can come quickly and in forms that are not always obvious, from termination and demotion to schedule changes...
Know Your Rights: Pregnancy Discrimination Protections in New Jersey Workplaces
Pregnancy should not cost you your job, paycheck, or professional opportunities. Employees throughout New Jersey have legal protections against unfair treatment related to pregnancy, childbirth, recovery, and related medical conditions and needs. For example, New...
How Whistleblowers Can Fight Back Against Retaliation
Whistleblower retaliation can put your income, reputation, and future career opportunities at risk. Employees in South Jersey who report fraud, safety violations, discrimination, or other misconduct in the workplace may have important legal protections that...
Fighting Workplace Harassment: Your Rights and Keating Law Firm’s Commitment to Justice
If you are facing workplace harassment in New Jersey, or if you have been retaliated against for complaining of workplace harassment, you don’t have to suffer in silence. Attorney Chris Keating dedicates his practice to...
The CEPA One-Year Filing Deadline & Statute of Limitations: Why New Jersey Whistleblowers Must Act Quickly to Protect Their Rights
The Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), also referred to as the New Jersey whistleblower protection law, is one of the nation’s strongest whistleblower protection statutes. CEPA protects employees from retaliation for complaining about, objecting to,...
Looking for an Employment Attorney in New Jersey
Are you searching the internet for an employment attorney? Maybe the issue is discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or a hostile work environment. Perhaps you are owed wages or were retaliated against for being a whistleblower and...
Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Keating Law Firm’s Moorestown Office
Keating Law Firm announced its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its Moorestown office will be held on Friday, December 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome to stop by to visit or...
Virtual Consultations Available
Unable to make an office appointment? Keating Law Firm now offers virtual consultations via Zoom for clients who are unable to meet in person. Contact the law firm today via phone, (856) 519-5011, or via...
Keating Law Firm is open for business!
Moorestown, N.J., October 2, 2023. Christopher J. Keating, Esq. announced that Keating Law Firm is open for business, serving clients throughout all counties in New Jersey in matters of Labor & Employment, Civil Rights, and...