While the COVID-19 vaccines and their boosters continue to roll out to the public, the Pew Research center has reported that one in four...

Having a new baby is expensive. According to the USDA Report: Expenditures by Families on Children, a family will spend over $13,000...

The school mask mandate scheduled to end on December 8, 2021, will continue indefinitely. The PA Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently...

A judge in Louisiana has stopped a federal mandate requiring health care workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine from going into effect. ...

History of the Paid Sick Leave Bill On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, the Allegheny County Council unanimously passed a paid sick leave...

Can Pennsylvania employers require their employees to take the COVID vaccine? For most employees, the answer is probably “yes”. There...

Finally! You have found your next job. The salary is good, the location ideal, and the job fits your skills and experience to a tee. ...

By Lacey F. Gordon, Esq. Can workers be required by employers to be vaccinated? Maybe. Has the vaccine been approved by the FDA? Not...

By Lacey Gordon, Esquire Earlier this month, on October 3, 2020, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry published its final rule...

Deferral Period Begins September 1 On Friday, the IRS issued guidance for employers concerning the President’s executive order calling...

Pennsylvania Eviction Relief Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order halting all foreclosures and evictions in Pennsylvania through July...

As counties enter new phases of eased COVID-19 restrictions, businesses will begin to resume operations. For many workers, this is great...

Challenges of Returning to Work Without Childcare by Dachan J. Furnace, Esq. You are finally being called back to work after weeks of...

Self-Employed persons are now eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...

The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act will give Americans a one-time cash benefit based on their adjusted gross...

The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act makes unemployment compensation benefits available for persons not...

President Kennedy famously said that “[i]n the Chinese language, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters, one representing danger...

Late last year, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives introduced legislation to ban non-compete agreements between employers and...

Work Injuries Up in 2017 According to the 2017 Annual Report of Workers Compensation and Workplace Safety published by the PA Department...

As long as you are able to return to work before you exhaust your FMLA leave, you must be returned to the same job (or one nearly...