Whether you shop daily or once per week, your neighborhood grocery store keeps you and your family fed. To keep produce fresh and appealing to customers, your grocer probably uses an automatic misting system. Overspray from water jets and drips from vegetables may...
Year: 2020
Employers Ignoring the Value of Longtime Workers
According to AARP research, age discrimination is widespread and assumed to be an acceptable form of bias. However, most employers adhere to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) guidelines, understanding that the ADEA's goal is to protect employees who are...
The Pandemic-Driven Pairing of Home and Work Lives
The Covid-19 pandemic did not just change practically every aspect of life, but it also introduced a new vernacular to the world. One of those terms that caught on quickly was “Zooming.” Zoom is a cloud platform that provides video conferencing, chatting, and...
Protecting Trade Secrets is Paramount
Large businesses understand that the turnover of employees is inevitable. Opportunities arise that result in a trusted staff member leaving the organization. However, in many cases, trust in that individual was, at best, misguided, as the now-former colleague left...
Can COVID-Related Liability Protections Shield Employers?
The coronavirus pandemic has led to radical changes in all aspects of life. While many workplaces are allowing employees to work remotely, some jobs require staff on-site with requisite COVID-driven protections such as masks and social distancing. Yet, regardless of...
The Reluctant Return to Work
After months of pandemic-driven, makeshift home offices, and sometimes glitchy Zoom-style meetings, workers are leaving the safe confines of their homes and making their way back to their offices and cubicles. While businesses are gradually phasing employees back in...
Are Remote Employees Eligible for Workers’ Compensation?
Working at home was once considered rare and unusual. When hearing that someone had a job but didn’t have to leave their house was often ridiculed. That type of occupation was thought to be easy and not to be taken seriously. Yet, over the past six months, workers...
Salary Questions Are History in Philadelphia
Interviewing for a job can be a long, drawn-out process where applicants are asked countless questions about all aspects of their experience and work history. In many interviews, one common inquiry surrounded salary history, which became a sticking point for...
Apple’s Legal Issues with a So-Called Recycler
Companies in various industries employ the help of recycling companies when returned, and outdated inventory requires disposal. Large enterprises such as smartphone providers, entrust these businesses to handle their discarded products ethically and...
The Potential Perils of Post-Pandemic Business Operations
With whispers of reopening the economy in the possible waning days of the coronavirus pandemic, businesses are getting ready to flip the “Closed” signs to the “We Are Open” side. Hard-hit establishments not known for social distancing, such as restaurants and movie...
