Tag: #EmploymentLaw

DiLaqua v. Phila. Fire Dept.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed the Workers’ Compensation (WC) Appeal Board’s (Board) order that denied a Claim Petition for WC (Claim Petition). Claimant filed the Claim Petition, seeking WC benefits

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Whalen v. Public Sch. Emp. Ret. Bd.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Commonwealth Court’s order that declared money received in a settlement from an age-discrimination suit should not be included in that employee’s retirement benefit calculation.

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Fowler v. AT&T

The plaintiff sued her former employer for age and disability discrimination and alleged that the company failed to accommodate her disabilities. This District Court granted summary judgment, and the Third

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Harley v. Healthspark Found.

These consolidated cross-appeals between an employer and employees resulted from the parties’ differing interpretations of the benefits policy on vacation and personal leave. The employees argued that they earned leave

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In re Citizens Bank, N.A.

Civil procedure gone awry. Twelve mortgage loan officers claimed that Citizens Bank forced them—and more than a thousand of their colleagues—to work over forty hours a week without paying them

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In re City of Newark

In an opinion ripped from the headlines, the New Jersey Appellate Division dealt a decisive blow to anti-vaxxers. The Mayor of Newark issued an executive order mandating that all city

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Salsberg v. Mann

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court reviewed an order from the Court of Common Pleas that granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on a claim for

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Clews v. Cty. of Schuylkill

Three former Deputy Coroners sued their employer, the County of Schuylkill, claiming the County violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay them overtime and then firing

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Pritchett v. State

This appeal concerned the standards to be applied by a trial court when reviewing a jury award of punitive damages against a public-sector defendant. Plaintiff worked for one of New

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