I recently came across an article by Bernard Marr that described a few good ways to ruin your career. He basically says underestimating the power of social media is one of the main ways to lose your job. For instance, a public relations executive posted multiple offensive comments that finally lead to one super thoughtless tweet. How […]
Philadelphia Enacts Paid Sick Leave Ordinance for Virtually All Employers The following article was published by Litter Mendelson on February 14, 2015 Authors: Ben Huggett and Barbara Rittinger Rigo After seven years and two previous vetoes, on February 12, 2015, Philadelphia City Council passed, and Mayor Michael Nutter promptly signed into law, the Promoting Healthy […]
US Labor Department updates Family and Medical Leave Act’s definition of spouse Effective March 27, 2015, workers in legal, same-sex marriages, regardless of the state in which they live, will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for a spouse with […]
And he needs time off. Well, it’s a good thing Massachusetts has replaced the state Maternity Leave Act with the Parental Leave Act. Effective April 7, 2015, the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act will be replaced by the Parental Leave Act (“PLA”) which broadens the scope of the Maternity Leave Act by providing parental leave rights […]