Last week, we outlined CDC-approved recommendations for employers to take to determine the risk of, and to prevent workplace exposures to, the coronavirus/COVID-19. The EEOC recently updated its [...]
You Can’t Touch This: Philadelphia Employers Can’t Ask Job Applicants About Salary History
In Employment and Labor PostedIn a ruling that could impact employers around the country, a federal appeals court ruled that Philadelphia could prohibit employers from asking about and relying on job applicants’ salary [...]
Yes, #YouToo: Top 5 Steps You Should Immediately Take to Protect Your Business Against Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
In Employment and Labor, Risk Mitigation PostedThroughout the end of 2017, reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault dominated the news cycle. Although initially focused on the entertainment industry, due to the explosive allegations [...]
Beginning on January 22, 2017, employers must use the new version of the Form I-9, marked 11/14/2016. Employers can face monetary penalties if they do not use the new Form I-9. The Form I-9 can [...]
Under current law, employers with 100 or more employees must submit EEO-1 reports to the EEOC on an annual basis to provide data on their employees’ ethnicity, race and sex by specified job [...]
The City of Pittsburgh has a new paid sick leave Ordinance which will require all employers that are situated or conducting business in Pittsburgh to provide paid sick leave to all full-time and [...]
In its recent March 25, 2015 decision, the Supreme Court, in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. took the side of a former UPS driver. As a part-time driver for UPS, Peggy Young was required to [...]