by Susan Bahme Blumenfeld and Joseph SalamonPresident Trump declared the COVID-19 National Emergency (“NE”) on March 13, 2020, retroactively effective March 1, 2020. Similarly, the U.S. Department Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”), initially ...
FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
By Ryan A. Hancock, Esquire On Jan. 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking indicating that it seeks to ban employers from imposing or enforcing non-compete agreements on their workers. The proposed rule would apply to all workers, including independent ...
NLRB Restores Property Access Rights to Employees of On-Site Contractors Seeking to Exercise Section 7 Rights
By Michelle Devitt On Dec. 16, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision announcing its return to the New York New York standard for balancing the property rights of owners against the rights of off-duty employees of contractors to engage in labor protests or other ...
NLRB Clarifies That Workers Are Entitled to Comprehensive Make-Whole Remedy for Financial Consequences of Unfair Labor Practices
By Jordan Konell & Joseph D. Richardson In Thryv, Inc., a decision announced on December 13, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) stated clearly for the first time that its make-whole remedy includes “direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms resulting from” violations of federal ...
National Women’s Soccer League Players Association and Willig, Williams & Davidson Secure Free Agency Rights for Veteran Players
Nearly two dozen professional women soccer players will, for the first time, be able to negotiate as free agents, thanks to a recent decision by a neutral arbitrator resolving a dispute over free agency eligibility between the National Women’s Soccer League and the National Women’s Soccer League ...
In Significant Win for Unions, NLRB Reinstates Rule Mandating Employers Comply with Dues Checkoff Provisions After Expiration of Collective Bargaining Agreement
By Jordan Konell In Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc., a decision announced on October 3, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that employers may not unilaterally refuse to maintain a dues checkoff provision—which requires an employer to deduct union dues from wages and ...
Children and Passports in Custody Disputes
Obtaining a passport for your minor child seems like a simple enough task, especially if all parties are in agreement. But given the dynamics of certain families, things can get muddled relatively quickly. For example, what if one parent refuses to consent to the issuance of the passport? What if ...
What Pennsylvania Employees Need to Know About Medical Marijuana
By Jessica C. Caggiano, Esq. In the six years since the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) was passed, Pennsylvania courts and practitioners continue to grapple with the extent to which the legislation truly protects workers who hold a medical marijuana card and lawfully use medical ...
Employers May No Longer Force Sexual Assault and Harassment Victims into Arbitration
By: Ryan A. Hancock, Esq. In February 2022, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that prevents companies, universities and other institutions from requiring claims of sexual assault and harassment to be submitted to mandatory binding arbitration. President Joe Biden, who has previously stated that the ...
Philadelphia Workers, Does Your Employer Owe You for Fair Workweek Violations?
By Ryan A. Hancock, Esq. Employers in Philadelphia may owe hourly workers, working in the service, hospitality, and retail industry, money for violations of the Philadelphia Fair Workweek Ordinance. The Philadelphia Ordinance was passed in December 2018 and had been scheduled to go into effect ...