Employment and Labor

This post was written by Rachel Felton.  President Joe Biden has announced strict vaccine rules for large employers as part of the administration’s new six-part plan to fight the COVID-19 [...]

Last Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace. In the Guidance, OSHA adopted [...]

Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated COVID-19 guidance for all industries outside of the healthcare sector. The new guidance differentiates between [...]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its December 16th guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. The EEOC’s new guidance seeks to clarify and reiterate some of the [...]

On April 29, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. v. Beemac Trucking LLC, et al. (“PLS”). In PLS, the High Court considered [...]

For the last nine months, most employers with fewer than 500 employees have been required to provide employees with emergency paid sick leave and emergency family and medical leave under the [...]

The City of Pittsburgh now requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide COVID-19 related paid sick leave to certain employees who work within the City of Pittsburgh. Paid sick leave [...]

With the fall surge upon us, state and local governments are issuing new orders to curb the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Health recently issued [...]

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has issued an Updated Order Requiring Universal Face Coverings. Under that Order, employees are required to wear a face covering when they are in the same [...]

We’ve previously written about the changes to paid leave law brought about by the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) and how the new law impacts employers as they reopen. As [...]