Your Rights in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia A criminal record can sometimes be a barrier to employment. Studies show that formerly incarcerated people have much higher rates of unemployment than the regular population—as many as 60% of the recently incarcerated are without a job a year after release, according to the […]
Category: Workplace Discrimination
How They Protect Minors Pennsylvania child labor laws place strict restrictions on how and when employers can hire minor employees. Child labor is also covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at the federal level, and where the laws overlap, the stricter version of the law is the one […]
What’s Your Recourse? It’s a nightmare scenario—but not unheard of. You receive a job offer, you’re thrilled and give your two weeks’ notice at your old job—and then the offer is rescinded. Sometimes it can be rescinded after you’ve left your previous job and moved across the country for your […]
How It Protects You Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is unlawful at the federal level to discriminate based on sex in the workplace, including paying women less than men for the same job. But Pennsylvania also has its own equal pay law. The Pennsylvania […]
How It Protects You With the rise of “Just in Time” scheduling practices, many companies schedule their employees based on customer demand. What this means is that across the country, many workers receive their schedules on very short notice, face abrupt cancelations, and are asked to be on call with […]