Retaliation & Whistleblowing
New Jersey has some of the strictest laws in the nation prohibiting retaliation against “whistleblowers” – employees who report illegal activity by their employers or who object to, or refuse to participate in, their employers’ illegal activity.
The most well-known of the “anti-retaliation” laws is the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, also referred to as CEPA. It prohibits employers from disciplining, demoting, or terminating an employee because he or she has “blown the whistle” by (1) bringing to light employer conduct that may be illegal or fraudulent; (2) cooperating in a public body’s (local, state, or federal) investigation into the employer’s conduct; or (3) refusing to go along with employer conduct that may be illegal or that may pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare.
In addition to CEPA, New Jersey’s other major law against retaliation is a part of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. That law protects employees who have complained about workplace discrimination against themselves or others, or who have filed a complaint with, or testified before, one of the state or federal agencies responsible for investigating discrimination.
Whistleblower cases are complicated and treacherous for the unwary. Employers rely on any number of legal strategies in their efforts to defeat these claims.
Attorneys Richard Schall and Patricia Barasch have nearly 40 years of combined experience representing employees in complex employment cases, including cases arising under CEPA and the anti-retaliation provisions of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. We enjoy the challenge of tackling the most difficult legal issues, taking on the biggest corporations in New Jersey, and standing up for the rights of our clients to be free from discrimination or retaliation in the workplace.
If you believe you have been retaliated against in violation of CEPA or the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, please contact our firm by completing the on-line Questionnaire accessible on every page of our website.
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Moorestown, NJ 08057
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