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February 25, 2020

Are CBD Products Permitted for DOT Drivers?

Based on a recent compliance notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration it appears employers of truck drivers and othe...

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February 21, 2020

Planning for Coronavirus: A Necessary Business Exercise

Here Martin R. Siegel, an attorney in our Environment & Energy Industry Group and former lawyer with the Centers for Dise...

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February 13, 2020

Philadelphia Employers, Beware: Don’t Ask About Salary History

A three-year court battle concerning a controversial Philadelphia ordinance related to a prospective employee’s salary hist...

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February 7, 2020

OSHA Raises Fines for 2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has raised its civil penalties for the fifth year in a row. The increase th...

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February 6, 2020

Pennsylvania One Step Closer to its Own Overtime Salary Threshold

Minimum salary thresholds for overtime pay have been a lightning rod for controversy both nationally and in Pennsylvania for ...

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January 29, 2020

Charges Fall, Settlements Rise in 2019 EEOC Sexual Harassment Cases

Despite a slight drop in workplace sexual harassment cases in Fiscal Year 2019, the amount of the settlements in those cases ...

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January 27, 2020

NLRB 2020 Predictor: It’s Good to be an Employer

As not just a new year but a new decade begins, we know from the closing days of 2019 that the National Labor Relations Board...

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January 24, 2020

Barley Snyder Partner David Freedman to Lead Lancaster Bar Association

Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinatormsadowski@barley.com or 717-208-8842 For Immediate Release&nb...

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January 15, 2020

Case Law Starts to Develop for Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act

A Pennsylvania judge has made the first move to clarify an employer’s liability under the state’s Medical Marijuana Act. ...

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January 14, 2020

DOL Releases Final FLSA Joint Employer Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor finalized its “joint employer” rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), rep...

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January 9, 2020

Pennsylvania Sets 2020 Workers’ Compensation Rate Calculations

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has updated its workers’ compensation rate calculation chart for 2020, ...

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January 2, 2020

Partner Welch Named Chair of Barley Snyder Employment Practice Group

Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinatormsadowski@barley.com or 717-208-8842 For Immediate Release&nb...

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