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New Jersey Unemployment Compensation law provides that unemployment compensation benefits may be denied

Any person who makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefits or other payment under this chapter or under an employment security law of any other state, of the Federal Government, or of a foreign government, either for herself or himself or for any other

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August 21, 2009

Patricia Heaton, the actress best known for her role as Raymond Baron’s wife Debra in “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has been named in a wrongful termination suit, brought against her...

August 28, 2009

A recent article about the devastation, which has still not been fully cleaned up, in New Orleans, Louisiana said that a group of teachers in the city are banding together to create a class...

August 27, 2009

In 2007, Trudi Momsen, a former employee of United Parcel Service (UPS), was fired from her job because she had multiple sclerosis. Federal law states that if an employee is injured or becomes ill...

August 20, 2009

AT&T, one of the country’s largest telephone service providers is currently being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for age discrimination among its employees. According...

August 14, 2009

Kate Lynn Blatt, a transgendered woman, recently sued her employer- Sapa Industrial Extrusions- for sexual harassment and wrongful termination. She was employed as a temporary...

August 13, 2009

The recent case regarding NFL football player Michael Vick has caused some debate in the area of employment law.  Vick was recently incarcerated after he was found guilty of charges...

August 6, 2009

On Friday, numbers were released from the monthly employment data for the United States. European markets were stunned to see that, in fact, the American unemployment rate...

August 7, 2009

Charles Perez, a newscaster for the ABC affiliate network in Miami, Florida, is suing the network for a “7 or 8 figure” amount because he believes that he was wrongfully terminated. He claims...

July 31, 2009

If an individual is fired for an unfair reason, then he or she may be able to sue the former employer for damages and lost wages. However, the laws surrounding wrongful termination...

July 24, 2009

The infamous ex-administrative judge Roy L. Pearson, Jr. recently had his wrongful termination claims tossed out by a federal judge on the grounds that his firing for publicly waging...

July 30, 2009

On Friday, the federal minimum wage will increase from $6.55 to $7.25 and while the 70 cents difference may not seem to be dramatic, many Americans are concerned. Though...

July 23, 2009

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics released numbers, which showed that Kansas had the highest percent decrease in unemployment. Between the months...

July 16, 2009

Just hours, before he addressed the annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, President Barack Obama announced that he was appointing...

July 17, 2009

The superintendent of a Kansas School District is suing the district and school board for wrongful termination. According to his suit, he was fired in retaliation...

July 14, 2009

Digital Domain was recently ordered to pay more than $2 million in damages for...

July 10, 2009

With many thousands of people out of work, the Arizona government and its non-profit...

July 8, 2009

In a decision that many are heralding to be a victory for fair employment laws, the...