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Unemployment compensation rules changed significantly on January 1, 2011.

As the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reiterated last month in Edwards v. Geisinger Clinic, No. 11-1528 (January 23, 2012), Pennsylvania remains firmly an “at-will” employment state.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that supervisors of both private and public employers may be held personally liable under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”).

The United States Supreme Court recently announced that it will not hear an appeal from Applebee’s International Inc. in a wage-related case involving tipped employees.

Lost in the dollar volume of the Marcellus Shale opportunities is the traditional and prudent desire to “set some aside” for retirement.

For state public sector employers, residency requirements for police, firefighters, and other protective services personnel are not only commonplace, but an oft-practiced and widely accepted condition to employment.

Over the past decade, employers and human resources personnel have been repeatedly encouraged to update and modify employment applications and questionnaires to comply with the ever-expanding reach of federal anti-discrimination laws.

A new regulation requiring employers to post a notice of employees rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in the workplace is on hold once again.

A few weeks ago, we told you about the proposed regulations to Pennsylvania’s “Act 102,” which prohibits health care facilities from requiring certain employees to work mandatory overtime shifts beyond their predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work hours.

Given the infancy of social networking as a widespread national phenomenon, it is no surprise that state and federal courts are just now beginning to address the admissibility of evidence derived from such sites as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Pennsylvania’s “Act 102” has been in effect since July 1, 2008. The law prohibits health care facilities from requiring certain employees to work mandatory overtime shifts above and beyond their predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work shifts.