Taking a right turn from its usually liberal penchant in employment cases, the state Appellate Division held Monday that plaintiffs suing for wage discrimination in New Jersey cannot rely on the “continuous trigger” theory, by which each paycheck starts the statute of limitations running anew.
The judges, in Alexander v. Seton Hall University, A-1251-08, chose to follow the U.S. Supreme Court’s similar ruling for wage-bias claims under federal statute in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007).
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