The Health and Safety Executive in the UK recently recorded that more than 200 people annually are killed whilst undertaking their working duties. In excess of two million suffer illness, injury or disease that is a cause or aggravated by their working conditions. Preventing accidents and ill health at the workplace is therefore a massive priority for both employers and employees.
Some people decide that working as a freelancer is a better option for them when looking for employment. Instead of being fully employed, being a freelancer allows people more choice on when they do and don’t work. A lot of people work as freelancers because it offers them a lot of variation in the type [...]
This action arises out of Defendants’ violations the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (hereinafter “CEPA”). In the spring of 2010, Defendants demanded that the Plaintiffs (two exemplary employees) “make up” certifications in anticipation of a NJ wrongful termination. To “make up” the certifications, Plaintiffs would have needed to forge signatures and falsify hospital records. [...]