Bergen County Employment Lawyers

The employment attorneys at Aretsky & Aretsky in Bergen County, New Jersey represent clients in a wide range of employment law matters, including wrongful termination, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and wage and hour cases. 

Understanding New Jersey Employment Laws

An employment lawyer at our office in Bergen County can help you understand your rights under the law. New Jersey law provides for a number of protections for employees and independent contractors.

Wrongful Discrimination

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination prohibits workplace discrimination and harassment on the basis of any of the protected categories specified in the law. Employers may not discriminate against employees when making decisions about recruiting, interviewing, hiring, compensation, training, promotions, demotions, discipline, and terminations on the basis of the following:

Unlawful Harassment

In addition, New Jersey employers may not harass employees on the basis of any of these protected categories. For instance, sexual harassment involves unwelcome sexual advances and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. No employee should ever be subjected to the hostile work environment created by sexual harassment.

Unlawful harassment based on other protected categories can include unwelcome verbal conduct, such as racial slurs or offensive comments about the sexual orientation, religious dress, or disability of an employee. If you are a victim of unlawful harassment or discrimination, a Bergen County employment lawyer can help protect your employment rights.

Wage and Hour Laws

New Jersey labor laws provide a number of protections for employees and independent contractors, including protections related to payment of minimum wages, payment of overtime wages, methods of wage payment, and employment of minors.  Here are some of the wage-and-hour basics in New Jersey:

• Minimum wage: Minimum wage in New Jersey is currently $7.25 per hour.
• Overtime pay: Employers must pay hourly workers a rate of one and one-half times the employees' regular rate of pay for all hours worked above 40 hours in one work week.
• Methods of wage payment: The law specifies how and when New Jersey employers must pay their workers. For example, employers must pay wages twice each calendar month on designated paydays. If a designated payday falls on a day the business is closed, employers must pay workers on the immediately preceding workday.
• Employment of minors: New Jersey laws have specific requirements for employers hiring minors under the age of 18. For example, minor employees are prohibited from working more than eight hours in one day, 40 hours in one week, or more than six days in a row. Minors under the age of 16 may not be required to work before 7:00 am or after 7:00 pm.

If your employer is paying you improperly, our employment attorneys in Bergen County can help you recover your wages.

Contact a Bergen County employment attorney

For legal help with your employment law issues, contact the Bergen County employment attorneys at Aretsky & Aretsky.  Our employment law attorneys can be reached by phone, e-mail or by filling out the in-take form on our Contact page.