Workplace Blog Posts
March 23, 2020
On March 18, 2020, the President signed into law The Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The law becomes effective on April 1, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2020. The following outlines the Act’s provisions…More
March 5, 2020
While our region has not seen an outbreak of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) like what we are seeing in Washington State and abroad, employers in the Delaware Valley should consider reviewing their policies…More
October 17, 2017
Massachusetts’ highest court has recently determined that employees who lawfully use marijuana under a state’s medical marijuana law may have claims when they are terminated by their employer for testing positive for marijuana. In Barbuto…More
August 8, 2017
In recent weeks, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has jurisdiction over cases from federal district courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, clarified the standard that governs whether a hostile…More
June 6, 2017
Last month a federal appeals court became the first federal appellate court in the country to rule that Title VII, the federal workplace antidiscrimination law, expressly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. In Hively v….More