This past November, Governor Shapiro signed into law House Bill 439, or the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair). This law amends the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act [...]
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule which provided for two increases to the salary threshold amount that must be satisfied for employees to be exempt from the [...]
A Texas federal court set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule that would have banned nearly all post-employment noncompete agreements. On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District for [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a final rule which significantly increases the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime [...]
Hire & Fire: Essential HR Documents to Protect Your Company From on-boarding to off-boarding and everything in between, the employee lifecycle is filled with documents. While all employee [...]
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that severance agreements that include confidentiality or non-disparagement provisions that “have a reasonable tendency to interfere [...]
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) has issued a new emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) which requires employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
