Last month, the EEOC filed a first of its kind lawsuit in federal court in Georgia based on an employer’s denial of an accommodation request to work from home. In the suit, the employee, a former health and safety manager at...more
Presenters will provide recent legal developments, trends and cases that impact workplace practices and operations; issues related to Covid will be incorporated throughout the presentations. Programming will be presented in...more
5/25/2021
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
On July 15, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania issued an Order (the Governor’s Order) that included a requirement for businesses to conduct their operations through employee teleworking unless not possible. The Governor...more
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced its long awaited regulations under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX). The regulations take effect on August 14, 2020, providing higher education...more
With the process of allowing non-essential businesses to reopen beginning, businesses are being confronted with numerous complex and inter-related questions on how to best proceed with restarting operations. This process will...more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced new measures to be taken by those businesses deemed life-sustaining to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the safety of employees and customers. On April 15,...more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and remote instruction, students have recently filed lawsuits against their universities alleging contract and unjust enrichment claims. The students seek refunds of certain tuition fees...more