New Jersey Employment Lawyers

New Jersey law provides very strong protection against discrimination in the workplace. Our New Jersey employment lawyers represent individuals who have experienced discrimination at their jobs, including in decisions relating to hiring, firing, promotions and demotions. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) prohibits discrimination based on each of the following protected categories:

Gender | Race | Age | Disability | Pregnancy | Color | Religion | Sexual Orientation | National Origin | Ancestry | Marital Status | Veteran/Military Status | Victims of Domestic Violence

Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg works hard to enforce the rights of whistleblowers. In other words, we help protect employees who have experienced retaliation at their jobs because they objected to, disclosed, or refused to participate in an activity they reasonably believed violated the law or public policy. We are experienced at handling retaliation claims under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”), which is one of the strongest whistleblower laws in the nation.

Workplace harassment is a form of unlawful discrimination. Our employment law attorneys in New Jersey handle cases that involving harassment and hostile work environments claims based on age, gender, race, color, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin and veteran status. We also handle harassment claims on behalf of whistleblowers, and individuals who have exercised their rights under other employment laws such as the Family & Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), the New Jersey Family Leave Act (“FLA”) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).

Sexual Harassment | Racial Harassment

Our firm has the expertise to draft, review and negotiate employment agreements, and to negotiate and litigate disputes arising under employment contracts for employees throughout the state. For example, we handle matters relating to salary, benefits, bonuses, commissions, severance pay, restrictive covenants, stock and stock options.

Commissions | Severance Agreements | Non-Compete Agreements | Executive Compensation Negotiations | Non-Solicitation Agreements | Discrimination in Contracting

Paid and Unpaid Time Off from Work

Our New Jersey employment law attorneys help individuals who are seeking to take paid or unpaid time off from work, including time off for family leaves or medical leaves. We also represent clients whose rights have been violated because they sought or took time off from work, or attempted to take time off, under the Family & Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), the New Jersey Family Leave Act ("FLA"), and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD").

We assist employees who need reasonable accommodations for their disabilities, pregnancy, or religious beliefs. Likewise, we handle claims on behalf of workers who have lost their jobs because they sought a reasonable accommodation.

Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities | Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnancy | Reasonable Accommodations for Religious Beliefs

Our firm represents clients whose wage and hour rights have been violated. For example, we represent employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the New Jersey Wage & Hour law (“NJWHL”) and the New Jersey Wage Payment Law ("NJWPL"), and independent contractors under the New Jersey Sales Representatives Rights Act (“NJSRRA”). Among other wage and hour matters, we handle overtime, minimum wage, commission and equal pay claims.

Commissions | Overtime | Minimum Wage | Equal Pay | Unpaid Wages | Tipped Employees | Time Off From Work | Meal and Rest Breaks

Our New Jersey employment lawyers represent workers in a wide range of other employment law and business matters. For example, we have handled matters involving:

Oppressed Minority Shareholders | Reductions in Force | Independent Contractors | Fraud | Privacy | Defamation | Workplace Personal Injuries | Duty of Loyalty | Medical Marijuana Employment Rights | Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Our attorneys also have expertise in other areas of law. This can be a special benefit to our employment law clients because these fields can be integral components of comprehensive representation. Specifically, we handle matters pertaining to:

Business Law | Estate and Tax Planning | Appellate Law

In addition to our firm representing clients in negotiation, litigation, and arbitration, two of our attorneys, Jonathan I. Nirenberg and David H. Ben-Asher, serve as mediators in employment law disputes.

Two of our lawyers, Jonathan I. Nirenberg (2017 to present, and a "Rising Star" from 2011 to 2013) and David H. Ben-Asher (2006 to present), have been selected by Thomson Reuters to be included in its list of New Jersey Super Lawyers.

In addition, three of our attorneys, Jonathan I. Nirenberg, David H. Ben-Asher and Harold Rabner have been AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, recognizing that their peers consider them to be at the highest level of professional excellence.

Further, BERGEN magazine has included Jonathan I. Nirenberg (2023 and 2024) and David Ben-Asher on its list of Bergen County's Top Lawyers in labor & employment law.

A description of the section methodology for Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell and Bergen magazine can be found by clicking on the links. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.