The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a Philadelphia ordinance prohibiting employers from asking job applicants questions about their salary history. The case is Greater Phila. Chamber of Commerce v. City of Phila., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3598 (3d Cir. 2020). In 2017, the City of Philadelphia passed an ordinance to combat the disparity [...]
For the past several years, contracted and freelance work has been on the rise in the United States in the form of app-based job opportunities, dubbed the “gig economy.” According to a 2019 report by Upwork, 57 million Americans engaged in freelance work in some capacity last year.[1] A few common examples of these gig [...]
The Sixth Circuit recently issued a ruling in a case involving an employee who was required to work in excess of a work restriction provided by her physician. The Plaintiff in Morrissey v. Laurel Health Care Co., No. 18-1704 (6th Cir. Dec. 3, 2019), Rita Morrissey, a licensed practical nurse, worked for The Laurels of [...]
The Sixth Circuit recently issued a ruling in a case holding that employers cannot limit the amount of time their employees have to file claims under Title VII with employment contracts. The case is Logan v. MGM Grand Detroit Casino, 939 F.3d 824 (6th Cir. 2019). Prior to starting her job as a cook for [...]
In its first opinion letter of the year, FMLA 2020-1-A, the Department of Labor addressed whether a combined health district in Ohio must count the employees of the county in which the health district is located for the purpose of determining FMLA eligibility. As many are aware, employees are FMLA eligible when they work for [...]
While the start of a new year can bring joy and a sense of optimism, it can also signal something many supervisors and employees dread: performance evaluations. However, with the proper goals and execution, employers can turn performance reviews from an inconvenience into a valuable tool that benefits both the organization and its employees. Why [...]
Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP (FDAR) announced that Partner Melanie Williamson has been appointed by the firm’s management team to the position of Managing Partner. Williamson succeeds Daniel Downey, who has guided the firm in that role since 2018. “Melanie is an excellent litigator and a natural leader. I’m confident her efforts in this [...]
