Peter R. Rosenzweig Blog Posts
February 7, 2019
Over the last four years City Council has introduced legislation aimed at protecting the rights of employees in the city of Philadelphia with varying levels of success. City Council is, once again, pressing forward with…More
January 24, 2017
Despite strong resistance from local Philadelphia businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and Comcast, Mayor Kenney signed the Philadelphia Wage Equity Bill into law on January 23, 2017. Mayor Kenney initially delayed the signing of the…More
January 24, 2017
Our previous alert on the topic of overtime focused on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new regulations concerning employee eligibility for overtime pay. In 2016, the DOL changed the regulations for overtime pay by increasing…More
January 13, 2017
The future of the Philadelphia Wage Equity Bill is uncertain after heavily publicized resistance has surfaced from Comcast and other local Philadelphia businesses. As covered in our recent blog, the Philadelphia Wage Equity Bill (the…More
January 6, 2017
The Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance (“FPO”) prohibits employers in Philadelphia from discriminating against job applicants and employees on the basis of race, religion, national origin, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status…More