In the Legal's Labor & Employment supplement, read about the practice of tip sharing and pooling, recent bans on hair discrimination in the workplace and the effects of the #MeToo movement on employment law as a whole.

Tip sharing and tip pooling long have been a part of wage-and-hour law concerns for those in the hospitality industry. Their use derives mainly from a credit (the tip credit) employers may take against their minimum wage obligations.

In recent months, businesses and institutions in the Philadelphia area have experienced a number of closures, mergers, consolidations and acquisitions that will be devastating to the greater geographic area, and have or will result in major layoffs of skilled employees and elimination of future jobs.

Small employers throughout the country may soon have a new option for providing cost-effective, employer-sponsored benefits to their employees.

Pennsylvania's federal courts have been bustling with litigation filed against public-sector unions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's June 27, 2018, decision in Janus v. AFSCM.

Many employers have come under fire recently for grooming policies targeting predominantly African American hairstyles, such as dreadlocks.

Although favored by employers, will arbitration agreements in the employment context become a thing of the past? Arbitration agreements within the confines of the employment relationship require employees to pursue work-related claims in arbitration, rather than in court.

The prevailing view has been that there is no underlying substantive change to the legal principles that govern claims of sexual harassment and that, with the right policies and a robust internal complaints process, companies can continue insulating themselves against liability where an employee fails to make a complaint under the employer's internal procedures.