Image Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/governortomwolf/49680653921 //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Last week, I posted here about how several states, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has new quarantine rules for out-of-state travel. For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Health posted this information on its “COVID-19 Information for Travelers.” Here’s what it said on July 2, 2020 (my…
Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay As part of return-to-work from COVID-19, sadly, some employees are not going to return to work. I’m not talking about those situations in which an employee refuses to return. That’s a different post for a different day. No, I’m thinking about a situation in…
Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay About a week ago, I blogged here about the White House’s three-step plan to reopen America. Slowly, the states are following suit by unveiling their own phased programs. Locally, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania updated its “Process to Reopen Pennsylvania” over the weekend. And, yesterday,…
Image by Prawny from Pixabay The paint has barely dried on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and we already have our first lawsuit. And it’s right in my backyard. The quickest of FFCRA recaps The FFCRA, which took effect on April 1, 2020, requires certain employers to provide their…
Yatko / CC BY-SA You’ve hit the trifecta! CDC says exposed employees can sometimes remain at work If you operate an essential business, then stop and read this. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with some new interim guidance on safety practices for workers who…
Chzz / Public domain Just wash your hands first and stay away from my cake. Dibs on the cherry eyes! I closed yesterday’s blog post asking for reader feedback. Specifically, I wanted to know if you would like me to host another Facebook Live chat focused on FFCRA and other…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The wage-and-hour pendulum has once again shifted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Nerdiest. Pendulum. Ever. Salary-level test changes. Back in October, I blogged about how Pennsylvania, yes Pennsylvania, had announced new overtime rules that are more generous than federal law. On January 1 of this…
Image by CMElixirs from Pixabay With a big ‘ol tip of the cap to Phil Miles, Esq. over at Lawffice Space (here) and Daniel Cummins at Tort Talk (here), we’ve got some news that should interest Pennsylvania employers. For the first time, a state or federal court in Pennsylvania has decided…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Where do we even begin? Oh, right… The minimum wage is going up! (The proposed overtime regulations are going down). With a big ‘ol tip of the cap to Adam Long, who scooped the news here at McNees’ Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog, the Pennsylvania…
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay A lawyer claimed that his employer had discriminated against him based on his race, color, gender, and age, when it terminated his employment and filled a position nearly identical to that which he held prior to his termination with a younger, African-American woman. So…