New Jersey Statutes 34:11B-9. Withholding of rights, benefits; discharge of employee, unlawful
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:11B-9
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
a. It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, the rights provided under this act or to withhold the benefits provided for under this act.
b. It shall be unlawful for an employer to discharge or discriminate against an individual for opposing a practice made unlawful by this act.
c. It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge or discriminate against an individual because the individual:
(1) has filed a charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding, under or related to this act;
(2) has given or is about to give information in connection with an inquiry or proceeding relating to a right provided under this act; or
(3) has testified or is about to testify in an inquiry or proceeding relating to a right provided under this act.
L.1989, c.261, s.9.