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Kristin Spallanzani represents employers and management in employment-related litigation and commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. She also counsels clients on a wide range of employment issues, including hiring and termination procedures, performance management, employee discipline, and employee leave issues, and presents trainings to employees, including on sexual harassment. Kristin routinely represents employers before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state agencies.

Concentrations

  • New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
  • Conscientious Employee Protection Act
  • Family Leave Act
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

The U. S. Supreme Court unanimously decided in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera that the standard of “preponderance of the evidence” is to be used in cases where an employer claims an employee is exempt from overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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New Jersey may soon join nearly a dozen states, including New York, in mandating pay transparency in job postings.

On Sept. 26, 2024, the New Jersey General Assembly passed A4151/S2310, which would require New Jersey employers with 10 or more employees over 20 calendar weeks doing business or taking applications for employment within…