Under at-will employment laws, employers have the right to terminate an employee for any legal reason. A legal reason does not always mean a fair one or one that makes sense. An employer may choose to fire you just because they do not like your personality. Employees,...
Restaurants and taverns are reopening with the economy. Tipped workers in those business, fortunately, also have greater wage rights. Tipped employees On August 5, 2022, tipped employees in Pennsylvania received additional employment law protections. These protections...
Responsible employers know about sexual harassment, generally, and they likely have policies in place to avoid it. However, some employers may not know about the other side of the sexual harassment coin, sexual favoritism. A type of sexual harassment Sexual...
In Pennsylvania, the construction industry has long had trouble with employers taking advantage of employees. Offering a job for cash may be enticing, but it can deprive workers of the full pay they are entitled to. The Construction Worker Misclassification Act – Act...
It is important that workers in Pennsylvania are properly classified as either employees or independent contractors. This is because employees enjoy rights and benefits that independent contractors do not. A worker is considered an independent contractor when they...
If a Pennsylvania resident dies without an estate plan, then the law of this state spells out what will happen to their property. These laws, which are sometimes called intestate succession laws, do not just apply when a person left no estate plan. They also apply if...
For many, workplace discrimination evokes a scenario in which an employer terminates, refuses to hire or promote or denies an employee a work-related benefit solely on account of an individual’s race, sex, national origin, color or religion. The most common complaint...
When a Central Pennsylvania employer has to make the difficult decision to let an employee go, they should consider offering a severance agreement. Severance agreements are not mandatory under Pennsylvania law, so companies do not have to offer them. However,...
When we think about discrimination lawsuits, some may think about victims finally getting the justice they deserve. However, what many Lancaster County and York County residents do not realize is that the wheels of justice are often slow, even at the United States...
Regardless of how long you have been in business, accusations of discrimination are hurtful and, potentially, extremely expensive, regardless of whether there is any truth to the allegations. This is because central Pennsylvania area (Lancaster County, York County,...