New Jersey Disability Lawyers, FMLA Lawyers and Medical Leave Attorneys

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

Is your employer treating you differently because your are disabled or are suffering from a disability?  The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and Federal Law protect disabled employees from discrimination.  Your employer may be violating the law and if it has (1) refused to hire you because you are disabled; (2) demoted, terminated, or reduced your job responsibilities because you are disabled; or (3) you were denied a promotion because you are disabled.

If your employer has done any of the above, it may have violated the law.  The Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination make it illegal to discriminate against disabled workers.  Disabled workers are permitted by law to keep working for as long as they are able to complete their job requirements.  Your employer cannot tell you that you need to go out on leave or stop working because you are disabled.

We have handled numerous disability discrimination cases.  Please call us for a free consultation.  (973) 920-7888.

FMLA

The Family Medical and Leave Act ("FMLA") grants eligible employees up to a total of 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for personal illness or illness of a family member. The FMLA is administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor and applies to all public agencies including state, local and federal employers and private employers who have 50 or more employees during 20 weeks of the year and who are engaged in commerce or an activity affecting commerce. As you can understand, this means that most large private employers do fall under provisions of the FMLA.

One of the main points of the FMLA is that upon returning from approved FMLA leave, an employee must be restored to his or her original job or to an equivalent job with equivalent pay and benefits. If you have returned from FMLA to find that your job either no longer exists or you do not have a similar replacement job, or that you have been sizably downgraded, contact us to discuss what steps you can take to being placed back into your employment situation prior to taking FMLA leave.

We have extensive experience regarding your rights pursuant to the FMLA.  Contact us today for a free consultation regarding your rights. (973) 920-7888.

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