Recent Posts in the Employment Law Category

• Non-Competition Agreements in PA and the “Material Change” Doctrine
  Mar 29, 2021
  Non-compete clauses in employment contracts are enforceable and legal in Pennsylvania, as long as they reasonably protect the business’ interest and ...
  Posted By Jennifer L. Ruth, Esq.
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• NBC News Announces New Goal of Hiring a Half Minority Workforce
  Aug 5, 2020
  Recently, NBC News announced a new goal of hiring a half minority workforce. The goal comes on the heels of a recent commitment to hiring a workforce ...
  Posted By Scaringi Law
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• U.S. Dept. of Labor Responds (Surprisingly) Quickly to the  Families First (Coronavirus) Response Act
  Apr 6, 2020
  By Keith E. Kendall, Esq In my long experience waiting for, interpreting and acting upon state and federal laws, I’ve more often than not been ...
  Posted By Keith E. Kendall, Esq.
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• PA Department of Labor & Industry Temporarily Suspends Restrictions on Access to Unemployment Compensation Benefits
  Mar 19, 2020
  By Marc A. Scaringi, Esq. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits across the country rose 70,000 to 281,000 last week, the week of March 14, ...
  Posted By Marc A. Scaringi, Esq.
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• PA Department of Labor & Industry Temporarily Suspends Restrictions on Access to Unemployment Compensation Benefits
  Mar 18, 2020
  By Keith E. Kendall, Esq. Under ordinary, work-a-day circumstances, restrictions on access or prompt access to unemployment compensation (“UC”) ...
  Posted By Keith E. Kendall, Esq.
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• Employment Problem? Take Steps to Help Your Cause
  Dec 5, 2019
  By Brian Caffrey Unfortunately, for a significant number of employees, and for a variety of reasons, relations with the employer, supervisor, or ...
  Posted By Brian C. Caffrey, Esq.
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• Watching the Big Game on Your Cell Phone at Work? Does That Forfeit Your Right to Unemployment Comp?
  Aug 27, 2019
  By Marc A. Scaringi, Esq. In a recent Commonwealth Court opinion, entitled Gordon Terminal v. UCBR, written by the esteemed and learned Judge P. Kevin ...
  Posted By Marc A. Scaringi, Esq.
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• Employers Cannot Suspend Pay While Requiring Employees to Work
  Jan 21, 2019
  Due to the government shutdown, many federal government employees have been furloughed, i.e., been told not to come to work and not to expect pay. ...
  Posted By Scaringi Law
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