Workplace Blog Posts
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
March 1, 2017
Employers were provided with another weapon to protect their confidential trade secrets when the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) became federal law on May 11, 2016. The DTSA created a federal civil cause of action…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