February 28, 2019
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently issued two decisions that give companies greater flexibility to discipline employees and classify workers as independent contractors. Alstate Maintenance, LLC, 367 NLRB 68 (2019); SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., 367 NLRB 75 (2019). In Alstate, the Board rejected a standard that protected broad statements to management in front of colleagues, making it more… Read more »
October 9, 2018
Laura C. Bunting will be presenting, “Social Media: Legal Issues When Employees Log-On (Inside and Outside of the Workplace),” at the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association’s 70th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Mars, PA on October 9, 2018.
2023/10/25
Gaetan J. Alfano co-authored the manual, “Pennsylvania Causes of Action” (ALM 12th Edition, 2023).
August 1, 2018
One of the defining moments for many adolescents is their first summer job. A first job often represented a sense of freedom and increased independence. No matter what your first job was, you certainly learned lessons about how to be a valuable member of a workplace. During summers in Ithaca, New York, I worked at… Read more »
May 23, 2018
The commencement speaker when you graduated from law school inevitably highlighted members of the audience who supported the graduates during school, and would provide continued support while the graduates studied for the bar exam and began their careers. Your career can be enhanced through relationships with others in your network of fellow attorneys, along with… Read more »
December 15, 2017
Gaetan J. Alfano will be a panelist speaker at the Business Insurance U.S. Women to Watch Annual Conference in New York City, on December 15, 2017. Mr. Alfano’s panel will focus on the gender pay gap issue. He will discuss recent case law on the employer ban on inquiries into salary history, the Philadelphia ordinance, and how all of… Read more »
August 28, 2017
Pennsylvania is on the cusp of a significant change as the State’s medical marijuana industry becomes fully operational. This summer, Pennsylvania awarded permits to twelve businesses to grow marijuana and twenty-seven businesses to sell medicinal marijuana. By June 2018, residents can start purchasing marijuana from dispensaries for approved medical purposes, and the industry is projecting… Read more »
July 31, 2017
Joseph L. Gordon was interviewed in an article titled, “Potential Litigation Uptick Seen From 3rd Circuit’s Workplace Slur Ruling.” Published July 31, 2017 in The Legal Intelligencer. Related Information: Click Here to Read The Legal Intelligencer Article
May 12, 2017
On April 7, 2017, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued its opinion in Chestnut Hill College v. Pennsylvania Human Rel. Commn., 844 C.D. 2016, — A –, 2017 WL 1289250, (Pa. Commw. Apr. 7, 2017), holding, in a case of first impression, that a Catholic college’s decision to expel a student could be challenged under the… Read more »
May 3, 2017
To attract high caliber employees, employers sometimes commit to employment for a fixed period through an employment contract. Not surprisingly, those employees with the leverage to command an employment contract typically represent a serious competitive threat once they leave the company. Given that dynamic, most employment contracts include restrictive covenants, such as non-solicit or non-compete… Read more »
