Catherine P Wells

August 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

With the Delta variant now spreading rapidly, many employers are wary of having unvaccinated employees return to the workplace and, therefore, are evaluating whether to mandate that employees become vaccinated. The legal issues raised require careful, individualized and ongoing analysis for each employer.

By Catherine P. Wells and Nicole C. Tracy

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March 13, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

In response to the Toys 'R' Us layoffs, the New Jersey legislature revisited the impact that a termination of operations had on employees, and ultimately amended NJ WARN to significantly expand its scope and to mandate severance pay for affected employees.

By Catherine P. Wells and Stephen T. Scirocco

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August 09, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The act—which applies to all employers in New Jersey, regardless of size—has been both hailed and criticized as the broadest pay equity law in the nation.

By Catherine P. Wells, Kathleen A. Faehner and Ilana Levin

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April 18, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Revisiting Rendine v. Pantzer's treatment of fee-shifting under the Law Against Discrimination.

By Catherine P. Wells and Denise J. Pipersburgh

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April 19, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

In January 2013, one year after President Obama made three so-called recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that those appointments were unconstitutional and that, therefore, the board lacked the required three-member quorum to issue an order finding that an employer committed an unfair labor practice. The Circuit Court's decision will likely have far-reaching effects on modern labor law.

By Catherine P. Wells, Margaret Wood and Denise J. Pipersburgh

8 minute read

April 12, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Questions raised by using credit checks as a hiring factor, and recent EEOC guidance on the subject

By Catherine P. Wells, Margaret O'Rourke Wood and Denise J. Pipersburgh

8 minute read

June 01, 2006 | Law.com

Over the past decade, there has been a nationwide increase in wage and hour lawsuits, along with investigations by the U.S. Labor Department and its New Jersey counterpart, based on employers' failures to pay overtime wages in accordance with the laws. Many employers are vulnerable to liability under federal and state laws because they misunderstand or misinterpret complex and confusing overtime regulations. And inconsistencies between federal and state laws mean even more confusion for employers.

By Catherine P. Wells and Jennifer R. Jacobus

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March 24, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Given the grim prospects for 2009, many employers undoubtedly will be forced to conduct additional reductions. Those employers, however, must comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ("WARN"), as well as some recently enacted state laws, known as "mini-WARN" acts.

By Catherine P. Wells, Margaret O'Rourke Wood and Denise J. Pipersburgh

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March 23, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

As the foregoing cases demonstrate, the legal foundation of many caregiver discrimination claims lies with a myriad of federal and state laws. Indeed, while caregiver status is not per se a protected category under existing federal or state law, the case law also demonstrates that such status may, nonetheless, be protected via other statutory mechanisms.

By Catherine P. Wells,Margaret O'Rourke Wood and Denise J. Pipersburgh

7 minute read

April 06, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

Amendment to NJLAD expands makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against an employee based upon an individual's gender identity or expression.

By Catherine P. Wells and Margaret O'Rourke Wood

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