The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that a claim by a remote employee in New Jersey over her Pennsylvania employer’s attempt to end her remote work arrangement, which allowed her to work from home in New Jersey, belongs in federal court in Pennsylvania. The court found that the fact that a remote employee physically worked in New Jersey was not a sufficient tie to keep her claims there, in a key ruling on whether employers must face employment claims in the states where they are based or the states where their remote workers reside.

Quick Hits

• A federal judge transferred a lawsuit by a former cancer center employee from a New Jersey federal court to a federal court in Pennsylvania, ruling that the case belonged in the employer’s home state rather than where the employee remotely worked.
• The court determined that the employee’s claims under the ADA had minimal connection to New Jersey, emphasizing that key decisions about her employment were made in Pennsylvania.
• The decision indicates that employers may face fewer legal challenges in states where remote employees reside, and instead, the proper venue may be in the states where employers are based.

On November 10, 2025, a federal district court in New Jersey transferred the former cancer center employee’s retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where her former employer is based.

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