Some Pennsylvania employees who have had cancer might still be facing discrimination in the workplace according to a study that appeared in the "Journal of Oncology Practice." While a 2009 amendment to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act was designed to protect...
Month: April 2017
The “in loco parentis” relationship and FMLA leave
Some Pennsylvania employees might be eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for people who are not legally or biologically their parent or child if the relationship has been like that of parent and child. "In loco parentis" refers to this...
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on pension plan case
Pennsylvania employees may be interested to learn that a case involving church-affiliated health care institutions and pension plans was being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involved whether or not church-affiliated pension plans that were not established...
Workplace sexual harassment and how companies respond
Employees in Pennsylvania who face sexual harassment on the job might want to try to resolve the issue in their workplace. However, some workplaces do not have an effective system for investigating and dealing with workplace harassment. In fact, some companies are...