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DOL Issues Administrative Interpretation Addressing Joint Employment
On January 20, 2016, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) issued its first Administrator’...
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court Rules That Unaccepted Settlement Offers and Offers of Judgment Can’t End Consumer Class Action Lawsuits
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court limited a tool that defendants had used to settle costly class action litigation through se...
Learn MoreSupreme Court: Health Plan Recovery Of Expenses Can Be Thwarted By Spendthrift Participant
In an 8-1 decision issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a health plan’s right of recovery against a plan par...
Learn MoreMunicipal Bidding Thresholds for 2016
Effective January 1, 2016 The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has published the municipal authority and munic...
Learn MoreReturn of The Persuader Rule
Employers may recall the Department of Labor’s prior attempts to implement the “persuader rule” which seeks to narrow t...
Learn MoreThird Circuit Adopts “Predominant Benefit Test” to Determine Compensability of Meal Breaks
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Pennsylvania, recently evaluated the appropriate test to...
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Third Circuit Holds That Jury Must Decide If Temporary Workers Are Employees Under Anti-Discrimination Laws
Last week, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to retailer ...
Learn MoreFinal Rule Amending Overtime Requirements Not Expected Until Late 2016
On June 30, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed rule amending the minimum salary requirement for overt...
Learn MoreFCC Clarifies the Requirements for Sending Wireless Calls and Text Messages to Patients
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently clarified questions surrounding wireless patient call...
Learn MoreCredit Card Fraud: EMV compliance and shift of liability as of October 1
As of October 1, 2015, all major credit card companies in the United States (including, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and Americ...
Learn MoreNLRB Revisits Joint Employer Standard
On August 27th, in the case of Browning-Ferris Industries, the National Labor Relations Board “refined” its tests fo...
Learn MorePittsburgh City Council Passes “Paid Sick Days Act”
On Monday August 3, 2015, Pittsburgh City Council approved an ordinance titled “Paid Sick Days Act” requiring employers t...
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