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Pennsylvania's Employer Disclosure Immunity Law: The Truth Will Set You Free
All employers worry when they receive a call asking for information about a former employee. In fact, many employers will only give the dates of employment a...
Look Who’s Talking: NLRB Limits Management Control of Employee Speech
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a memorandum in March 2015 addressing lawful and unlawful policies, procedures, and handbook rules. Specific...
New Act 168 Requires Employers to Seek and Share Comprehensive Employment History Information
On October 22, 2014 Governor Corbett signed Act 168 into law. Originally introduced in 2013, the primary implication of this new law is that it adds a new se...
Fitness for Duty Considerations and Risk Management Techniques
There’s a simple way to avoid many risk management claims like worker’s compensation, bus accidents and regulatory citation: Don’t put the wrong worker to wo...
US Supreme Court Invalidates EEOC Guidance Allowing Summary Dismissal of Retaliation Claims
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended prohibits employment discrimination and retaliation by employers against employees who file claims. Rece...
The Business Risks of Social Networks
Many businesses have started Facebook and LinkedIn pages as part of their marketing campaigns and a recent 2013 CareerBuilder.com survey reports that 39% of ...
Pennsylvania Background Check Updates
In 2011, changes to 24 P.S. § 1-111 (Act 24) were passed tightening the state’s qualifications for certain employees working with or around children by expan...
Equal Opportunity Employment Laws Review
Whether you are a small or large business owner, an HR professional, or an employee, it is important to understand the basics of Employment Law. Employment l...
Questions from the Road - Regionals 2013
It was a great pleasure to join the PSBA team as they visited Meadville,Washington and Gettysburg during the Regional trip held the last week of March. Each ...
Personnel Files—Too Small...Too Large...or Just Right?
Personnel Records play an important role in how we manage our staff and our business. Proper recordkeeping and documentation provides business owners with t...
Pennsylvania Employer's Workers Compensation Obligations
While business growth is exciting, it also increases the costs of labor and related expenses. Businesses that have grown to become “employers” face many new ...
Recovering CDL Training Costs
Employers invest significant amounts of time and money in specialized training for prospective and existing employees. When the employee uses their newly acq...