Last week, Governor Wolf signed into law House Bill 158, now Act 4 of 2016, which revises provisions of the School Code related to the required background checks for school employees and how school entities may address cancelled school days, while still providing the required amount of instruction to students. Here are the highlights: Background Checks Act 4 revises the requirements for the age of … [Read more...] about Let Us Speak of Background Checks and Snow Days: Act 4 Revises Provisions of the School Code
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Case Proves Mandated Reporters May Be Liable Under Certain Conditions
The old saying, “No good deed goes unpunished,” is proving true for some administrators and teachers sued by parents whom they reported to child welfare authorities for suspected child abuse. On January 11, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals imposing personal liability on a public school administrator for reporting suspected child … [Read more...] about Case Proves Mandated Reporters May Be Liable Under Certain Conditions
Your Employee Has a Legal Medical Marijuana Prescription: What’s A Pennsylvania Employer To Do?
A reported 1,670 New Jersey residents are legal medical marijuana patients, and a reported 123,650 New Jersey residents commute to work in Pennsylvania. What should you, as a Pennsylvania employer, do if one of those medical marijuana patients is your employee? Because there is no definitive agency or judicial guidance, this scenario raises more questions than answers, but here are some points to … [Read more...] about Your Employee Has a Legal Medical Marijuana Prescription: What’s A Pennsylvania Employer To Do?
With More Public Attention to Paternity Leave, Review Your Company’s Policy and Practices to Make Sure it Complies With the Law
In recent months, there has been increased attention to paternity leave with several high profile male CEO’s taking such leave. In addition, more and more new fathers are seeking and taking paternity leave than have in the past. With this increase in public attention to this issue, and changing family dynamics that has led to more men requesting paternity leave, companies need to ensure that their … [Read more...] about With More Public Attention to Paternity Leave, Review Your Company’s Policy and Practices to Make Sure it Complies With the Law
Keystone Exams Postponed As A Graduation Requirement and Maybe Gone Forever
Today Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Senate Bill 880, which takes several actions with respect to the Keystone Exams and hints that this exam may be on its way to extinction. First, the bill postpones the requirement that Keystone Exams be used as a requirement for graduation until the 2018-2019 school year. It also eliminates the Keystone Exam as the benchmark to determine if a student should … [Read more...] about Keystone Exams Postponed As A Graduation Requirement and Maybe Gone Forever
What Happens to Stored Genetic Material? Part Two
In Part One, we discussed what happens to Stored Genetic Material if a couple should someday divorce or a partner passes away. In Part Two, let’s discuss Stored Genetic Material in the context of divorce. In Pennsylvania, this particular question has had an impact on the disposition of cryopreserved pre-embryos. In Reber v. Reiss, the Superior Court granted pre-embryos to a divorced spouse to … [Read more...] about What Happens to Stored Genetic Material? Part Two
