By Erin Mulvaney | January 22, 2018
Four years ago, federal employees sued for the pay they earned for working while the lights were off for the 16-day standoff in 2013. The government with a third party is currently calculating the total amount owed to these workers. "It's inexcusable that we are in this position again. Federal workers are going to work—often in dangerous jobs—and won't know if they will be paid," Washington employment law attorney Heidi Burakiewicz said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 22, 2018
An arbitrator handling a dispute between the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, the Democratic National Committee and several broadcast networks did not have the authority to determine whether that case could in fact be arbitrated, a federal judge has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 19, 2018
U.S. District Judge Richard P. Conaboy of the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted Pittson Area School District's motion for summary judgment.
By James J. La Rocca | January 19, 2018
Last month, a newly-constituted National Labor Relations Board took a wintry flurry of actions that has begun a much anticipated re-leveling of the playing field between Big Labor and Corporate America.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Charles S. Caulkins | January 19, 2018
Over a 24-hour period in mid-December, the National Labor Relations Board turned back the clock by issuing four momentous decisions that will impact workplace law for years to come. By casting away controversial rulings from the Obama-era board, the newly constituted NLRB returned to reasonable standards that had existed for decades.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patricia C. Collins | January 18, 2018
In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court complicated the already tricky business of paying nonexempt employees on an hourly basis for Pennsylvania employers. In Chevalier v. Hiller, the court found that a “fluctuating workweek” overtime calculation method, approved by federal regulation, violates Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage Act, 43 P.S. Section 333.101 et seq. (PMWA).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David F. Stern and Taylor J. Cohen | January 18, 2018
“AMA's Approach to Impairment Rating Evaluations is Unconstitutional”—an article written by Samuel H. Pond and Andrew F. Ruder of Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano, published in The Legal Intelligencer on April 23, 2013. The title speaks for itself, but contained therein was an explanation that while the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (act) does not place limitations on the length of time an injured worker can receive ongoing wage loss benefits, it did establish an impairment rating system for individuals who had been receiving total disability benefits for a period of two years.
By Marcia Coyle | January 18, 2018
Justice Elena Kagan questioned the absence of the U.S. solicitor general "in a case in which one would expect the government to be here." The Labor Department is revisiting the rule at issue in the case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephanie K. Rawitt | January 18, 2018
With the Trump administration settled into the White House and honing in on its one-year anniversary, we have begun to see an expected shift from a heavily administrated workplace to a more hands off, employer-friendly regulatory environment. It is expected that this trend will continue in 2018.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 17, 2018
A SEPTA electrician claiming he was passed over for promotion because of his race has struck out in his appeal of the dismissal of his lawsuit.
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