Employment laws in Pittsburgh are in place to make sure all workers’ legal rights and best interests are protected. When concerns arise about harassment – sexual or otherwise – it is the employer’s duty and responsibility to ensure that the situation is remedied and that the person committing the harassment is appropriately disciplined. In a [...]

Summer time employment is something most young people look forward to – not only to get that coveted paycheck, but also to put something worthwhile on their resume and to get some valuable, much-needed work experience. However, it is important for those who employ young people under the age of 18 to follow the law [...]

Novartis, a drug company, has been found guilty of discriminating against female workers. The company is said to have paid female employees lower wages than their male counterparts in addition to denying them promotions because of their gender.

The economy has presented several challenges to cities and operating businesses throughout Pennsylvania, and Scranton is no stranger to financial strain. An employee’s right to bargain over wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment with an employer, is something that most workers value within the structure that makes up collective bargaining. Even when [...]

No one ever expects that they will be a witness to acts of fraud, especially illegal activity committed by an employer. Nevertheless, some may assert that an employee who discovers illegal activity in the workplace and fails to report such actions is just as culpable as the person committing the crime(s). It is unfortunate that [...]

A recent suit by nine individuals against American Airlines in Boston, Massachusetts has opened the gate to a much wider suit by some of the airline’s national employees. The suit was initiated by skycaps at Massachusetts airport locations who claimed losses of income after the airline initiated a $2 curbside baggage-handling fee.

A class-action suit filed on behalf of day laborers in Southern California argues that municipalities don’t have the right to bar citizens from seeking work in public places.

A prominent employment and labor lawyer is working on taking the anti-discrimination fight to the advertising industry in a class action suit targeting big movers in this field.

A recent lawsuit is showing that even the nation’s largest financial firms are not above the law when it comes to labor and employment discrimination.

A lawsuit filed against AAA in the Carolinas shows allegations of employment gender and race discrimination in that company’s road emergency services division.