Laws in New Jersey to Prevent Discrimination in the Workplace

New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA)

Requires covered employers to grant eligible employees time off from work in connection with the birth or adoption of a child or the serious illness of a parent, child or spouse.

The New Jersey Equal Pay Act

Prohibits employers from discriminating against employees in any way in the rate or method of pay on the basis of the employee’s.

Conscientious Employee Protection Act

Prohibits employers from taking adverse employment actions against employees who disclose, object to, or refuse to participate in certain actions that the employee reasonably believes to be either illegal or in violation of public policy.

New Jersey Smoking Law

Provides that employers may not refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate against employees or job applicants because the individual does or does not smoke unless the action is related to the requirements of the job.

Domestic Partnership Act

The Domestic Partnership Act went into effect on July 10, 2004. It grants same sex couples who have entered into domestic partnerships and heterosexual couples over the age of 62 with protection under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. It also affords those covered with various tax, health, pension and retirement benefits.

New Jersey Civil Rights Act

Prohibits discrimination based upon an individual’s race, ancestry, national origin, marital status, color, creed, sex, or religion.

New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)

Prohibits discrimination based upon an individual’s, age (if 18 or older), ancestry, sexual orientation, race, nationality, color, creed, religion, sex (gender), pregnant women, family or marital status, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, physical or mental disability, or liability for services in the Armed Forces.

_{Sources:  The New Jersey College and The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety.}

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