The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 1, 2017
A federal judge has doubled the compensation awarded to four fracking crane operators who sued a drilling company for failing to pay overtime wages.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jeffrey Campolongo | November 30, 2017
With the recent spate of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct cases populating the cable news and talk radio airwaves we decided to take a closer look at two recently decided cases.
By David Gialanella | November 28, 2017
A federal appeals court offered a clear rule earlier this year in holding that employees must be paid for breaks lasting 20 minutes or less, but private suits on that issue have been few, and appear poised to remain so, practitioners say.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | November 28, 2017
Ten lawyers from soon-to-shutter Sedgwick are planning a move to Duane Morris in San Francisco next month.
By Erin Mulvaney | November 27, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge this month, ruling for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, awarded $55,500 in damages and other relief to a private employee who claimed he was discriminated against because he is gay. The case was a test for the agency as it pushes for such protections to be recognized under federal civil rights laws.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 22, 2017
A former Mount Aloysius College dean and his wife allege they were fired for being witnesses in an unrelated racial discrimination lawsuit against the school that took place nearly 20 years ago.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 21, 2017
The time period of an injunction against a former employee who violated a noncompete agreement should run from the date the trial court issued the order, not the date the employee resigned from the company, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled, looking to the federal court in New Jersey for guidance.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By William J. Simmons | November 17, 2017
A Philadelphia employer conducting background screening may soon have to navigate no less than six federal, state and local laws. Other jurisdictions also have background-check related laws, creating an even larger headache for multistate employers.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | November 15, 2017
A former HR executive's tweet to then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential race was enough to get her fired from her job, but, according to a Pennsylvania appeals court, not enough to block her from receiving unemployment compensation benefits.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Erica Shikunov | November 14, 2017
On Sept. 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed down a decision that clarified the impact that a settlement in a Workers' Compensation case (referred to as a “Compromise and Release Agreement”) has on an Employee's rights to bring other claims against an Employer, particularly when those claims arise out of the same work event.
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