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June 12, 2020

EEOC Addresses Thorny COVID-19 Issues

With more and more facets of the workforce returning to work, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its gui...

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June 12, 2020

Did Your Employee Contract COVID-19 at Work?

The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new guidance regarding an employer’s ...

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February 28, 2020

Don’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...

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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 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 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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December 17, 2019

NLRB Makes Pro-Employer Changes to “Ambush” Rule

An NLRB rule change last week eased the standards of an Obama-era rule and significantly lengthens the time between an NLRB r...

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August 15, 2019

Barley Snyder Places 21 Attorneys on “Best Lawyers” List

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

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