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How Governments Could Affect Your Business During Coronavirus Outbreak
Now that coronavirus has officially made its appearance in Pennsylvania, the potential that the government may mandate c...
Learn MoreCoronavirus and Workplace Preparedness
(Note: This is Part 1 in a series of alerts for employers concerning the coronavirus focusing on being prepared in the w...
Learn MoreDon’t Confuse New Joint Employer Rules
Is that worker an “employee” of that company? Or of another company? Or both? This joint employer question implicates two...
Learn MoreAre 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...
Learn MorePlanning 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...
Learn MorePhiladelphia 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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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...
Learn MorePennsylvania 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 ...
Learn MoreCharges 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 ...
Learn MoreNLRB 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...
Learn MoreBarley 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...
Learn MoreCase 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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