The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether employers may unilaterally force would-be job seekers to agree to a shortened time frame for filing workplace discrimination claims.

The court heard arguments Dec. 1 on the legality of a clause in an employment application that shortens the statute of limitations for filing a claim under the state's Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to six months after termination of employment.

A phalanx of lawyers argued that a six-month statute of limitations clause in an employment application should be declared unenforceable.