Legions of office workers have been skipping the commute for a few years now, working remotely in the comfort of their homes and relying on technology to keep them connected to their colleagues. Especially during the...
Employment Law Letter
In February 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision reconciling precedent in Pennsylvania courts regarding claims for wrongful interference with employment relationships. Previously, Pennsylvania courts...
On May 2, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) filed a complaint against Medical Staffing of America, LLC, (doing business as Steadfast Medical Staffing) and Lisa Ann Pitts (individually and as the owner and officer...
Over the past seven years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has attempted to increase the number of exempt employees who are eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On April 23, 2024, the DOL...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a final rule banning most noncompete agreements. If the rule isn’t stopped by the courts, it will go into effect 120 days after it is officially published. What do...
A post-pandemic tug of war is playing out between employers calling workers back to the office and employees who want to work from home. Among other reasons, employers focus on the importance of in-person collaboration...
As we mentioned in our previous article, the healthcare industry anticipates a significant impact from the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule banning noncompetes (see “Healthcare industry diagnoses impact of FTC...
Q Are there any laws regulating whether managers and supervisors are allowed to know the compensation of the employees they supervise? There’s currently no law that regulates whether managers and supervisors are allowed...
Q We loaned an at-will employee money as an advance, and they signed a repayment agreement that said if their employment ended before the loan was fully repaid, the remaining balance would be deducted from their final...
Computer technology company Dell has made headlines recently for its new work-from-home policy. According to the policy, fully remote employees will no longer be eligible for promotions. There is an exception, however...
The week beginning April 21, 2024, was a busy and high-profile week for the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), both of which issued new rules that require employers to thoroughly review...
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to issue a final rule banning nearly all noncompete agreements in the employment context. Although the rule is scheduled to go into effect 120 days after it’s...
More than a year after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a game-changing, nationwide ban on noncompete agreements, the agency issued its final rule for implementing the ban on April 24, 2024. The prohibition...
The general rule on noncompete clauses in the state of Nevada has been unchanged for some time. Unless there’s a public policy reason to declare them void, noncompetes are generally enforceable as long as they are...
A departing employee was accused of deleting her employer’s valuable computer files and responded by filing a malicious prosecution claim against her erstwhile employer. The court determined the lawsuit was prohibited...