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Philadelphia eatery under scrutiny from the feds If you want to have a career in the restaurant industry, are you supposed to simply accept that putting in extra hours off-the-clock is part of the deal? Several employees at a high-profile Philadelphia eatery have come forward in the last few months, […]

Woman wins $300K in retaliation lawsuit If you’ve been the victim of sexual harassment at work, chances are that you deliberated for a while before you reported it. If so, you’re not alone. Many people worry that their jobs may be on the line, or that no one will believe […]

Federal judge puts overtime rule on ice If you were one of the estimated 4.2 million workers expecting to benefit from the new overtime rule that was supposed to go into effect this month, we have one word for you: sorry. As you have probably already heard, a federal judge […]

Federal court refuses to throw out case from gay male employee A judge in Pennsylvania just opened the door a little wider for discrimination claims alleging sexual orientation bias. A federal district court here is allowing a case about sexual orientation discrimination to proceed, despite efforts by the defendant company […]

Department wouldn’t let women work light duty, even though others could When police officer Lyndi Trischler got pregnant with her second child, she assumed she’d request light-duty and finish out her pregnancy in a desk job, just like she did with her first child. Unfortunately, that assumption was incorrect. It […]