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Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum clarifying a May 2016 final rule that significantly curtailed the ability of employers to offer workplace safety incentive programs...

Act 17, which was passed this spring, addresses how to resolve disputes between unit owners and associations. Act 84 pertains to several issues affecting Pennsylvania communities including governing association management...

Pennsylvania first adopted the Uniform Arbitration Act (“UAA”) in 1927.  Half a century later, in 1980, it was replaced with a modified version of the model Uniform Arbitration Act of...

On July 12, 2018, in the matter of Johnson v. Cincinnati Bell Inc., et al., a U.S. District Court in Ohio certified a class of non-exempt commissioned sales representatives pursuant to §...

In 1994, the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA) was enacted in Pennsylvania as a tool for contractors and subcontractors to use to help facilitate payment for services rendered on...

On April 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter on the compensability of travel time for hourly wage technicians. The opinion letter...

On April 9, 2018, the Pennsylvania Superior Court threw out a trial court’s $21 million plaintiff’s verdict ($18 million for punitive damages and $3 million for attorney’s fees) in an...

On April 17, 2016, Pennsylvania became one of twenty-nine states to pass legislation legalizing medical marijuana.  With the implementation of Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act, employers are wondering how their business...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) released revised contract forms in April of 2017, which aim to correct some of the errors, confusion, and inconsistencies present in earlier renditions.  Specifically,...

To qualify for FLSA overtime exemptions, employees must meet the salary basis test and the duties test. The salary basis test requires they be paid more than $455.00 per week....