Employment Law
You Must be a Current Employee to Review your Personnel File!
July 18, 2018 By Thomas D. Rees, Esquire Last year, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held...
Update on the Philadelphia Wage Equity Ordinance
The Ordinance On January 23, 2017, the Philadelphia Wage Equity Ordinance (“Ordinance”) was signed by...
Pay Me Now... or Pay Me (Much More) Later!
When an employment relationship ends – whether by termination or resignation – employers must be...
Protests and Discipline in the Private Workplace: It’s More Complicated than a Tweet
October 17, 2017 By James B. Shrimp On September 23, 2017, at a purported campaign...
It is a Violation of Federal Law for an Employer to Require an Employee to take a Polygraph…No Lie!
It is a Violation of Federal Law for an Employer to Require an Employee to...
Hey Boss, Give Me the Tips I Earned! Not So Fast.
August 8, 2017 By James B. Shrimp There is a common misconception that an employee...
Child Care Workers’ Challenge to Firing for Reporting Abuse
July 25, 2017 By Thomas D. Rees, Esq. On May 23, 2017, the Pennsylvania Superior...
Can a Potential Employer ask about Salary History?
July 11, 2017 Searching for a job is often a stressful and exhausting process. Applicants...
Second Circuit Upholds NLRB’s Reinstatement of Employee Who Posted Profane Blog About Boss’s Mother
June 27, 2017 By Thomas D. Rees Two years ago, I blogged about a National...
Cutting the Ties: What You Need to Know About Severance Agreements
June 13, 2017 Separating from an employer, even in the best of circumstances, can be...