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If you are an employer in Pennsylvania, you should have a handbook and/or a policies and procedures manual. This Employee Handbook or Manual will be your “get-out-of-jail-free” card if and when an employee sues you down the road. Perhaps, “get-out-of-jail-free” is a bit much to expect of a handbook, but the manual is almost always […]
On February 16, 2016 Senate Bill 166, also known as the Second Chance bill, was signed into law. This new law chances existing law about how certain criminal history information can be used, and more importantly, seals certain criminal history information from public disclosure. Non-violent 2nd degree and 3rd degree misdemeanor records can be sealed from […]
Pennsylvania law allows prospective employers very limited use of criminal history in the application process. The Criminal History Record Information Act, or CHRIA, allows an employer to use only conviction data for misdemeanors and felonies and only “to the extent to which they relate to the applicant’s suitability for employment in the position for which […]
Posted in Employment Law on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Previously, in a PA employment law blog, I addressed restrictive covenants including non-competition clauses in such agreements. Here, I want to focus on the mechanism to enforce them. More and more frequently I am seeing employers who want to enforce agreements, particularly agreements not to compete, […]
In a recent blog, I discussed the employment law issue of restrictive covenants in Pennsylvania employment agreement. More specifically, I discussed non-compete provisions in such agreements. Here, I want to discuss the law of Pennsylvania as it applies to them. Recently, the Pennsylvania courts have affirmed that restrictive covenants are enforceable if they meet 3 […]
Many times, employers will want to protect themselves from unfair competition when they bring on a new employee, train them, introduce them to clients and customers, impart financial data and more – and then the person leaves. In an effort to protect itself, an employer will ask the employee to sign an agreement which seeks […]
