Compliance Blog Posts
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
November 29, 2016
A Texas federal judge entered a nationwide injunction last week, preventing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing new regulations that would have expanded overtime eligibility for an estimated 4 million workers. The regulations,…More
November 1, 2016
Can an employer require its Pennsylvania employees to receive their wages by way of a payroll debit card? The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently answered this question finding that such a requirement violated the Pennsylvania Wage…More
September 29, 2016
Medical marijuana is now legal in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health will have temporary regulations implementing the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”) in place this year. Employers in Pennsylvania will soon have employees…More
August 26, 2016
On August 18, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Health publicly released draft regulations that will soon highly regulate medical marijuana grower/processor permit holders under Act 16 of 2016, the Medical Marijuana Act. The Department made…More