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As the COVID-19 pandemic shows signs of winding down, employers across the state have reported that they cannot find enough workers for their businesses. Many have blamed the expanded unemployment benefits, but that alone does not explain the mass shortage. Instead, many of the industries reporting the most issues have a less than perfect track record with respect to workplace safety, fair wages, and employee satisfaction.

In accordance with New Jersey and Federal employment laws, workers are afforded various protections, such as minimum wage and...

No harm, no foul often used to be the argument of certain employers, as part of their defense to failure-to-accommodate claims. In other words, if there was no adverse job action that came as a result of a failure to accommodate, the failure to accommodate claim was non-existent.

The New Jersey Supreme Court, however, ruled unanimously on June 8, 2021, in Richter v. Oakland Bd. of Educ., (A-23-19) (083273), that an adverse...