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New Jersey Law Topical Research Guide: Labor and Employment Law

Legislation

New Jersey

  • New Jersey Session Law Service Advance Sheets, Reserve; DOCRF KFN 1831
  • New Jersey Legislative Services Slip Laws, NJREF
  • Legislative Index of New Jersey, DOCRF
  • New Jersey Legislature

Legislative History Materials

General Materials

 Look to these materials first. They will most likely help you answer any New Jersey labor or employment law question you might have.

  • Jacobs, Labor and Employment Law in New Jersey, KFN 2131.Z9 J33
  • Alito, New Jersey Employment Law, Reserve KFN 2134.A4 A45
  • Positan, New Jersey Labor and Employment Law, KFN2134.Z9 N38

Treatises

  • Employment Guide to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, , DOCNJ
  • A Guide for Employers to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination,KFN2134.5.D5 G84 1984, DOCNJ

Reporters

  • New Jersey Reporters, NJREF; 2/24; Advance Sheets on Reserve
  • New Jersey Administrative Reports, Reserve; Internet

Statutory Protections

General Indexes

  • New Jersey Statutes Annotated, Reserve, Reserve; NJREF; DOCRF, 2/60-61

Laws Against Discrimination

  • The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et. seq.
  • The New Jersey Equal Pay Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.2

Sexual Harassment

  • The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1, et.seq.

Whistleblower Protection

  • The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A.10:5-12(d)
  • New Jersey Occupational Safety and Health Law, N.J.S.A. 34:6A-45
  • New Jersey Workers= Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-39.1

Family Leave

  • The New Jersey Family Leave Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11B-1 et. seq.

Workers' Compensation Benefits

  • New Jersey Workers= Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1, et. seq.

Child Labor Laws

  • New Jersey Child Labor Law, N.J.S.A. 34:2-1 et. seq.

Employee Injuries

  • New Jersey Family Leave Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11B-1 et. seq.
  • New Jersey Workers= Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1, et. seq.
  • New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A.10:5-1, et. seq.

Tort Protection

Public Policy Exception to At-will Doctrine

  • New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10"5-1 et. seq.

Negligence

  • New Jersey Workers= Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1, et. seq.

Public Employment

Generally

  • New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et.seq.
  • The New Jersey Public Transportation Act, N.J.S.A. 27:25-1 et. seq.

Reporters

  • New Jersey Public Employer-Employee Relations (ICLE), HD 8008.A1 N481969-80
  • New Jersey Public Employee Reporter, DOCNJ

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Content on this page was created by Daniel R. Campbell, last updated by Jingwei Zhang in September, 2018.