On October 5, 2021, Governor Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), which significantly expanded the protections provided to certain older workers. More specifically, the amendment removed provisions from NJLAD that excluded employees of 70 years of age or older from some of the law’s protections.
Read MoreAs we previously posted, in September 2019, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights issued guidance concerning race discrimination based upon hairstyles. On December 19, 2019, New Jersey essentially formalized that guidance with the enactment of the Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act (CROWN Act), which amended the Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) to expressly include protections for natural hairstyles.
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