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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...

Recently, the City of Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to make it unlawful to ask applicants about their salary history during the hiring process.  Under the new law,...

As many employers may already be aware, in December 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a revised rule regarding an employer’s ability to drug test following an...