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Micala Campbell Robinson focuses on employment discrimination and wrongful discharge arising under state and federal laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York City Human Rights Law and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. She represents an array of clients, including those from the transportation and pharmaceutical industries. She has defended employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state fair employment practice agencies. Micala also has experience in breach of contract and related tort actions, consulting agreements, restrictive covenants, and trade secret litigation.

In addition, Micala counsels clients on a number of employment matters, including wage and hour compliance, sexual harassment training, internal investigations, use of criminal background checks in employment decisions, and employment-based immigration.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has confirmed that a 30-minute unpaid meal period can remain FLSA-compliant even where employees voluntarily spend part of the break walking to parking or clearing security, provided they are fully relieved of duties.

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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…

On July 15, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court settled the debate over whether employees who are responsible for monitoring and reporting employer compliance may seek whistleblower protection under New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. § 34:19-1 et seq. (“CEPA”), and if so, under what circumstances. Ultimately, the court in Lippman v. Ethicon…

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation regarding the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Having received numerous complaints from workers on this issue over the last several years, the DOL has concluded that most workers are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The 15-page memorandum emphasizes that proper…