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Reposal for Improvement: Pennsylvania’s Statutory Time Limitation on Construction Improvement Claims. Last week, the New York Times reported technology-giant Google’s plans to purchase New York’s iconic Chelsea Market.  Initially, a...

In late 2017, a Pennsylvania federal judge ordered a Pennsylvania hospital to pay compensatory and punitive damages in the first-ever sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity...

Interns may be entitled to backpay according to the newly released seven-factor analysis by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In a January 5, 2018 news release, the U.S. Department...

On September 11, 2017, the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion in the case of Zuber v. Boscov’s, No. 16-3217, ruling that a workers’ compensation settlement and release regarding a...

A Texas judge issued an opinion Thursday that ended the controversy surrounding an Obama-era overtime rule change which sought to raise the executive exemption salary threshold. Pursuant to the Fair...

On May 2, 2017, the House of Representatives passed The Working Families Flexibility Act (“WFFA”), H.R. 1180, a bill that proposes to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). As...

In Erwood v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., a federal court in Pennsylvania recently found a health system liable for the outstanding life insurance benefits of the widow of...

In the recent case of Doe v. Mercy Catholic Med. Ctr., a Pennsylvania Court found that the resident program run by Mercy Catholic Medical Center—affiliated with Drexel University’s College of Medicine—qualified...

On February 15, 2017, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives introduced a bill that would require that employers with 20 or more employees provide eight hours of unpaid leave to parents...

In a decision that should concern all employers who engage independent contractors, a federal appeals court recently held that a Maryland general contractor was the “joint employer” of its subcontractor’s...