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Philadelphia Ban on Pre-Hire Marijuana Testing Takes Effect on January 1, 2022

On January 1, 2022, Philadelphia’s ordinance, titled, “Prohibition on Testing for Marijuana as a Condition for Employment,” Phila. Code § 9-5500, et seq., will take effect. The ordinance - which was passed by the Philadelphia...more

12/13/2021 / Drug Testing , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Hiring & Firing , Job Applicants , Local Ordinance , Marijuana

Pennsylvania Court Holds Medical Marijuana Act Allows Employees to Sue for Discrimination

On August 5, 2021, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held for the first time that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) allows an employee to sue his or her employer for taking an adverse employment action based on the...more

8/18/2021 / Disability Discrimination , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Employment Policies , Limitation Periods , Marijuana , Medical Marijuana , Private Right of Action , Public Policy , Wrongful Termination

Federal Court Finds Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act Contains Implied Private Right of Action

On September 25, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania became the first federal court in the Third Circuit to rule that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) allows an employee to bring a...more

10/13/2020 / Adverse Employment Action , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Discrimination , Employment Litigation , Employment Policies , Marijuana , Medical Marijuana , Private Right of Action , State and Local Government

Pennsylvania Highest Court Has Spoken: Former Employees Are Not Entitled to Inspect Their Personnel Files

Since January 6, 2016, almost 18 months ago, in accordance with a decision by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, employers in the state of Pennsylvania have been required to allow recently separated employees access to...more

7/3/2017 / Employer Liability Issues , Former Employee , Hiring & Firing , PA Supreme Court , Personnel Records , Reversal

NLRB Declines to Revisit Employee Use of Company Email Systems . . . For Now

Under current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) law, employees do not have a statutory right to use their employers’ email systems for union organizing or for other purposes. Email systems remain employer property for...more

9/30/2014 / Corporate Counsel , Electronic Communications , Email , Email Policies , Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , Union Elections

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