717-299-1100EEOC Settles GINA Case for $187,500
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced on November 10, 2014 that it had settled a discrimination case it had filed against three related California seed and fertilizer providers Read More …
EEOC Speaks on LGBT Protections
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued guidance regarding protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) employees. While Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Read More …
Wrongful Discharge Claims Expanded
On November 7, 2014, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court handed down Owens v. Lehigh Valley Hospital, No. 472 CD 2014 (Nov. 7, 2014), expanding the reach of wrongful discharge claims. Read More …
Reminder – EEO – 1 Surveys Due
The EEOC announced on September 3, 2014 that it completed the mailing of the 2014 EEO-1 survey notification letters. All private employers with at least 100 employees, as well Read More …
Third Circuit Issues Major FMLA Decisions
FMLA Notices The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued two important decisions under the Family and Medical Leave Act in August. On August 5, 2014, the court decided Lupyan Read More …
Late Payment to Employee Violates Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to pay minimum wage, and to pay overtime to non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek. In Read More …
Court Finds “Fluctuating Workweek” Method of Calculating Overtime Not Allow in Pennsylvania
In Verderame v. RadioShack Corp., Civil Action No. 2:13-2539 (E.D. Pa. July 10, 2014), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that employers in Read More …
EEOC Guidance Changes the Focus on Pregnancy Discrimination
On July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated guidance on pregnancy discrimination and related issues, by examining the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”), which requires that Read More …