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Pennsylvania Limits Noncompetes for Certain Health Care Workers

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Pennsylvania is joining the legislative bandwagon to limit noncompetition agreements for certain health care workers. In a purported effort to retain health care practitioners for the commonwealth and promote continuity of...more

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School’s Out for the Summer: Ensuring Compliance when Employing Minors in Pennsylvania

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As summer quickly approaches and businesses in Pennsylvania continue to seek applicants to fill vacancies in their workforce, employers are becoming more reliant on employees under the age of majority, or minors. Many...more

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No Prevailing Wage Requirements for Pennsylvania Conduit Issuers

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In an increasingly rare unanimous ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court’s holding that Ursinus College is not subject to prevailing wage requirements for a construction...more

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PA Supreme Court Holds that Philadelphia Taxpayer may not Claim City Wage Tax Credit for Taxes Paid to Another State

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In a 3-2 decision in Zilka v. Tax Review Board, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the Commonwealth Court and sided with the City of Philadelphia Department of Revenue in a case addressing whether a City resident was...more

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Comparable work, more protected categories: PA legislature is keeping busy

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The Pennsylvania legislature is considering measures that would expand the state Equal Pay Law and the Human Relations Act. The following is a summary of the latest developments. PA EPA may be expanded to include “comparable...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Changes to overtime calculation rules in Pennsylvania mean employers could be underpaying some salaried, nonexempt employees

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It is not uncommon for employers to focus their compliance efforts on federal laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, but it is important...more

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COVID-19 Leave Arrives In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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On December 9, 2020, Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto signed a new ordinance granting COVID-19 Sick Time to certain employees working within the City. Interaction with Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act- This ordinance supplements...more

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Pennsylvania Expands Overtime Pay Beyond Federal Thresholds

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This past weekend, Governor Tom Wolf’s new legislation went into effect, expanding Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act (MWA) regulating overtime pay. The legislation increases the minimum salary an employee can earn and still be...more

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COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 14

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This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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