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Just this morning, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that the proposed regulation, extending overtime to over 4 million workers, is being published in its final form. Following the proposed rule, which received over 270,000 comments from interested stakeholders, the final rule provides the following key provisions: “White collar” (executive, administrative, and professional) employees … [Read more...] about This Just In: DOL’s Overtime Regulations Are Final and Set To Become Effective December 1, 2016

In a recent case out of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Court found that a mere change in a title and some work duties was not an adverse employment action. The former employee in Fiorentini v. William Penn School District, No. 13-3689 (E.D.Pa. 2016), who was battling cancer, was “demoted” from the role of full-time literacy coach to a combination … [Read more...] about What is a Title Worth? Maybe Not That Much

Around this time last year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, focusing primarily on raising the salary threshold for “white collar” employees. The DOL proposed to renew the standard salary level at the 40th percent of weekly earnings for full-time salaries workers, an amount that was predicted by the DOL, at the time of the proposed rule, to be $921 weekly, or … [Read more...] about New Rules Impacting Overtime Expected To Be Released By The End of The Month

In an interesting case out of the Western District of Pennsylvania that provides some guidance to employers addressing allegations of sexual harassment, a former employee sued her employer claiming that she had been forced to work in a hostile work environment, constructively discharged, not promoted and was retaliated against due to her gender. The Plaintiff in Bumbarger v. New Enterprise Stone … [Read more...] about Good Policies and Consistent Discipline Regarding Offensive Language At Work Are Best Ways To Avoid Harassment Claims

In April of 2016, with the passage of Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act, the Keystone State became the twenty fourth state in the nation to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes. While the law provides for significant regulation in terms of the sale and use of marijuana, it creates a host of possible new issues for employers with respect to the Americans with Disabilities Act … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act Creates Possible New ADA Pitfalls for Employers