Ralph R. Smith, III, Esq.
Mr. Smith is Co-Chair of Capehart Scatchard's Labor & Employment Group. He practices in employment litigation and preventative employment practices, including counseling employers on the creation of employment policies, non-compete and trade secret agreements, and training employers to avoid employment-related litigation. He represents both companies and individuals in related complex commercial litigation before federal states courts and administrative agencies in labor and employment cases including race, gender, age, national origin, disability and workplace harassment and discrimination matters, wage-and-hour disputes, restrictive covenants, grievances, arbitrations, drug testing, and employment related contract issues.
Divorcing Employees Deemed Member of Protected Class under the NJLAD
One aspect of the broad anti-discrimination protections afforded to employees under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) that is often overlooked involves the law’s prohibition on any type of workplace discrimination based upon an employee’s “marital status”. The NJLAD does not define specifically what “marital status” actually means, but it has generally been understood […]
NLRB Strikes Again!
As many of you know, the NLRB has been incredibly active over the past several years in getting its message across to employees that the NLRA protects their concerted workplace activities even where the employee does not work in an already unionized work setting. Such efforts will likely continue, especially after a prominent federal circuit […]
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