Protecting The 'Perceived As' From Workplace Harassment

Law360, New York ( June 19, 2012, 1:24 PM EDT) -- In an expansion of New Jersey law that creates an entirely new arena of claims against employers, the Superior Court Appellate Division recently ruled that an employee may pursue a hostile work environment lawsuit against his employer based on religious slurs directed at the employee because of the employer's misperception that the employee was Jewish. Cowher v. Carson & Roberts Site Construction and Engineering Inc. , No. 4014-10T1, 2012 N. J. Super. LEXIS 55 (App. Div. 2012). . . .

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