New Jersey (NJ) Job Discrimination Law in the Workplace

September 18th, 2006 Posted by Rachel

If you live and work in NJ you can rest assured that the State is doing everything they can to eliminate discrimination. The laws against harassment and discrimination are detailed and cover several areas. They are in place to protect you from being treated poorly or denied opportunities, especially in employment.

New Jersey (NJ) Job Discrimination Law in the Workplace, through New Jersey’s Law against discrimination says that it is unlawful to subject people to differential treatment based on race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy), familial status, marital status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, and mental or physical disability, perceived disability, and AIDS and HIV status. The law prohibits employers from discriminating in any employment aspect, including recruitment, interviewing, hiring, promotions, discharge, compensation and the terms, conditions and privileges of employment on the basis of any of the law’s specified protected categories. Additionally under New Jersey (NJ) Job Discrimination Law in the Workplace, an employment policy or practice that is neutral in its terms may be deemed unlawful if the policy or practice has an adverse impact on protected groups. A physical requirement is more likely to be regarded as unlawful if there is an alternative measure of job related abilities, such as strength or stamina tests, that would provide a more accurate evaluation of a candidate’s ability to perform without screening out qualified members of groups that historically have been excluded from particular jobs.

New Jersey (NJ) Job Discrimination Law in the Workplace also prohibits harassment based on protected characteristics such as race, sex or nationality. Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual relations or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Such conduct creates an unlawful work environment when it is severe or pervasive enough to make an individual feel the environment has become hostile or abusive.

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