Employment Law Insights Blog | John J. Zidziunas & Associate

Employers are barred from using your genetic information or family medical history against you. This post explains the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, what employers cannot do, and how this protection matters as genetic testing becomes more common.

Most employees who work in New York City earn paid sick and safe leave they can use for illness, caregiving, or safety needs related to domestic violence. This post explains who is covered, how leave accrues, and what to do if your employer denies it.

The way you ask for a workplace accommodation can shape both the outcome and any future legal claim. This post walks through how to make a clear, documented request and how to handle an employer that drags its feet or refuses.

A severance agreement can include far more than a check. It often asks you to waive legal claims, agree to confidentiality, and accept restrictions on future work. This post explains the key terms to examine and why you should not sign under pressure.

Whether you are an employee or an independent contractor decides your rights to wages, overtime, and benefits. New Jersey uses the strict ABC test to make that call. This post explains the test and what to do if you have been misclassified.

Employers monitor email, devices, location, and productivity more than ever. This post explains what employers can legally track, where employee privacy rights begin, and how surveillance can intersect with discrimination and retaliation claims.

Medical leave often involves several overlapping laws at once. This post explains how the FMLA, the New Jersey Family Leave Act, and disability accommodation rules interact, and how to protect your job while you are out for a serious health condition.

Employees are protected from discrimination based on national origin, ancestry, and accent. This post explains what national origin discrimination covers, when English-only workplace rules are lawful, and how to respond to bias tied to where you or your family come from.

Workers with caregiving responsibilities sometimes face assumptions and bias that violate the law. This post explains how caregiver discrimination connects to sex, disability, and family leave protections, and what employees can do when caregiving costs them opportunities at work.

New Jersey has one of the strongest equal pay laws in the country. The Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act bars pay disparities based on protected characteristics for substantially similar work and allows for significant damages. This post explains who is covered and how the law works.