717-299-1100Court Limits Offsets In Fair Labor Standards Act Case
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to pay one and one-half times an employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in one week. Read More …
Are You In Compliance? Time Is Running Out!
In May, we reported that the Department of Labor (“DOL”) had released its final regulations on overtime exemptions, sharply increasing the salary threshold required for an employee to be Read More …
DOL Announces Final Rule On Overtime Exemptions
If you have employees that you consider to be exempt from overtime payments, this update is important for you. The Department of Labor (“DOL”) today released its long-awaited final Read More …
NLRB Invalidates Handbook Provisions
In T-Mobile USA, Inc. and MetroPCS Communications, Inc., 363 NLRB No. 171 (April 29, 2016), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held that certain provisions in the employers’ handbooks Read More …
Wage Payment And Collection Law Does Not Apply To Unearned Wages
In Ely v. Susquehanna Aquacultures, Inc., 2015 Pa. Super. 247 (November 25, 2015), the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the Wage Payment and Collection Law (“WPCL”) could not be Read More …
Third Circuit Clarifies When Employees Are Protected By The National Labor Relations Act
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Pennsylvania, decided MCPC Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, Nos. 14-1379, 14-1731 on February 12, 2016. The court addressed when a Read More …
Department Of Labor Issues New Guidance On Joint Employment
On January 20, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2016-1, which provides guidance on when employers may be jointly liable for violations of the Fair Read More …
EEOC Proposes To Collect Wage Data From Some Employers
On February 1, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) proposed to collect wage data on its EEO-1 Report from employers with 100 or more employees. Currently, federal contractors Read More …
Older Adults Protective Services Act
The Older Adults Protective Services Act (“the Act”) prohibits individuals with certain criminal convictions from being employed to take care of older adults. Disqualifying convictions include such crimes as Read More …
Court Ruling On Pennsylvania’s Personnel Files Act
Pennsylvania’s Personnel Files Act allows employees to review their personnel files once per year. While there are some restrictions on an employee’s right to inspect his or her file, Read More …