Employment Representation
Legal counsel for workplace conflicts
Sedita, Campisano & Campisano, LLC provides practical advice and comprehensive legal services for New Jersey employers and employees facing litigation. Learn more about our employment representation practice. Contact us to speak with a partner at our firm.
We counsel clients on matters relating to:
Labor and employment law
Our attorneys provide counsel and represent clients in a variety of labor and employment law matters including:
- Grievance and arbitration hearings under collective bargaining agreements
- ERISA liability issues and litigation
- Federal and New Jersey wage and hour regulations
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) disputes
- Litigation support for union strikes and lockouts
Employee representation
Hiring practices
Under federal law, employees are protected against discrimination based on age, race, gender, religion, national origin, and disability. An interviewer cannot legally ask you any of the following questions:
- Are you married? Are you planning to get married?
- Do you have children? Are you planning to have children?
- Where were you born?
- What is your sexual orientation?
Employment references
An employer is legally permitted to provide references—so long as the references are truthful and not maliciously intended to harm former employees. An employer who lies may be liable for defamation. This is why most employers adopt a blanket no-reference policy, and only provide the former employee's position and dates of employment.
Workplace injury
Your employer is legally obligated to have insurance for injuries that occur on the job. You and your dependents may be entitled to compensation for permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, or temporary disability.
Wrongful termination
Discriminatory firing is not legally permissible. Our attorneys explore your employer’s grounds for firing, and take into account any harassment or discrimination you may have experienced becasue of race, sex, religion, ethnicity, or sexual preference. Remember, your employer cannot fire you for the following without following stated procedures or policies (see your employee handbook):
- Requesting a promotion, job reassignment, or increased wages
- Refusing to break a law
- Filing a discrimination or safety claim
- For taking family or medical leave
Employer counseling
As part of our employer counseling services, we review and draft employment contracts, severance agreements, employee policies, employee manuals, and other employment related documents.
Sedita, Campisano & Campisano, also counsels clients who intend to dismiss or discipline employees. Firing practices require particular care and employees merit consideration. We counsel clients to document warnings and to treat everyone in a non-discriminatory manner. We advise business owners of their potential for liability.
In large-scale layoffs, we help clients draft severance packages. Employees usually waive their right to sue the employer to get to the severance package. We focus on the demographics of your company—who has been there the longest, who has seniority, who are the traditional plaintiff groups. We counsel clients to document why a particular group is being laid off rather than another group.
To protect your business from liability, we inform employers of the federal and state laws relating to the hiring, retention, and termination of employees. These laws include:
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