By Ryan Hancock In response to a pandemic like the current one involving COVID-19, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adjust to address health and safety issues related to the pandemic. The EEOC ...
Health Benefits and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
By: Wendy Pongracz, James Beall, Susan Bahme Blumenfeld, Kelly A. Brogan The newly enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides that group health plans (including self-insured and insured plans, as well as Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP plans and programs) must provide certain ...
Unemployment Insurance in the Wake of COVID-19
By: Irwin Aronson, Lauren Hoye, Jessica Brown, and William Campbell In response to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the country, the U.S. Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This legislation, in addition to providing limited paid sick and family leave to some ...
U.S. Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Revised 3.24.20)
By: Willig, Williams & Davidson INTRODUCTION On March 18, 2020, the U. S. Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The President signed the measure into law the same day. The law goes into effect on April 2, 2020. This law includes numerous emergency measures to ...
COVID-19, First Responders and Heart & Lung/Workers’ Compensation Benefits
By Richard Poulson and Michael Dryden Willig, Williams & Davison is privileged to represent workers who place themselves at risk each day to protect the rights of others. In times like the current COVID-19 crisis, we are reminded of the risks and sacrifices accepted by public safety workers ...
As COVID-19 Response Leads to Business Closures, Are Workers Getting the Notice They Deserve?
By Joseph Richardson The COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant and fast-moving changes to the American economy, and many businesses are either already laying off employees or considering doing so in the near future. Although you may not be able to stop your employer from laying you off, ...
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Suspends Evictions Until April 3, 2020
By: Kristine A. Phillips Many people have suffered losses of jobs and income in light of the Coronavirus, due to businesses shutting down, quarantine, illness, etc. This can have a major impact on the ability to timely pay bills, including rent. In order to address this, the Supreme Court of ...
Best Practices When Preparing for a Child Custody Case in Pennsylvania
Family law proceedings are generally emotionally charged. When it comes to child custody proceedings specifically, the parties often have such negative feelings toward one another that they cannot speak without an argument ensuing making co-parenting impossible and causing people to seek ...
Salaried Non-Exempt Workers in Pennsylvania to be Paid Time-and-a-Half for Overtime
By: Jessica Brown On November 20, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision requiring that employers provide salaried, non-exempt employees with overtime compensation that is 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of 40 during a work week. This decision ...
Seventh Circuit Denies Mark Janus’ Attempt to Recover Fair Share Fees Paid To Union That Represented Him
By: Jessica C. Caggiano To Recap: You will likely recall that on June 27, 2018, Mark Janus persuaded the United States Supreme Court to overturn nearly 40-years of precedent and find that public-sector unions could no longer collect fair-share fees from nonmember, public-sector employees. ...