ARPA Windfall: What May Pennsylvania and its Municipalities Do with this Money?
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Widens the Gap Between PA and Federal Overtime Laws, Creating More Compliance Challenges for PA Employers
Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision that has broad implications for Pennsylvania employers. The Court’s decision in In Re: Amazon.com, Inc., which can be read here, established two important differences between Pennsylvania’s overtime law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These differences are likely to create significant potential compliance and liability risks for Pennsylvania employers.
The case arose after Amazon employees claimed they were required to undergo anti-theft security…
Biden Executive Order on Competition Targets Labor Markets, Including Non-Compete Agreements and Information Sharing
Cheerleader’s Vulgar Snapchat Trashing Cheer Team is Protected Speech
This post was authored by Adam Santucci and Daniel Serrano. Adam is the Chair of the Public Finance and Government Services Group at McNees. Danny is a CAMP 1L Intern with McNees. Danny is currently a student at the Pennsylvania State University and expects to earn his J.D. in May of 2023.
On June 23, 2021, in an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist.…
More Sunshine? What Do Changes to the Sunshine Act Mean to Developers?
SCOTUS Takes the Power Back: Strikes Down a California Rule Giving Union Organizers the Right to Access Employers’ Land
The U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a California regulation that required agriculture employers to give union organizers access to their premises. The Court held that by requiring employers to provide such access, the regulation amounted to an unconstitutional taking of private property in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Below, we examine the facts and holding of the Cedar Point Nursery case. Although the case examined a California regulation for…
Shooting Ranges Are Protected Under the Second Amendment
New qualifying conditions, telemedicine visits and 90-day supplies . . . revisions to the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act.
This week, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 1024, allowing certain revisions to the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”). While the revisions do not specifically implicate the workplace, and do not provide guidance to employers on navigating medical marijuana use by employees, employers should, nonetheless, pay attention.
What changed?
House Bill 1024 makes permanent three revisions to the Act put in place during the pandemic:
Curbside pick-up from dispensaries;
Telemedicine visits for certification exams; and…
Unemployment Compensation Fraud – What’s an Employer To Do?
As legitimate unemployment compensation claims have spiked in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, so too have fraudulent ones. Just yesterday, Maryland’s Department of Labor announced that the state has detected over 508,000 new, potentially fraudulent unemployment claims since May 1, 2021. Last year, a $650million unemployment fraud scheme rocked Washington state. In April 2021, the Pennsylvania Treasury and Department of Labor & Industry announced that they had recaptured nearly $800million in unemployment benefits targeted…
Relief for Employers: New Pennsylvania Overtime Exemption Minimum Salary Requirements Repealed in State Budget Deal
We do not often have good news to report for Pennsylvania employers in this blog. The complexities associated with the employment laws, and the costs of non-compliance, continue to increase for employers seemingly with each passing year. Today is one of those rare days when we bring good news.
Late last week, the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature and Governor Wolf reached a final deal on the state budget for 2021-2022. While annual state budgets typically do…