In the workplace, the holiday season can include certain employer-encouraged activities to celebrate the most wonderful (and stressful) time of year and build company moral. But in some cases, what was meant as fun and games can be the cause of employer liability. Employees who don’t celebrate any of the… read more →
Despite the fact that the LGBT community now has the right to marriage certificates in Pennsylvania, LGBT employees can be fired due to their sexual orientation or identity. Pennsylvania has yet to enact a statewide law that offers employment protection to the LGBT community. While the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lags… read more →
Pennsylvania has no rules that regulate or restrict an employer’s ability to demand that workers submit to random workplace drug tests. Although an employee has free will to choose whether or not they participate in the drug test, since Pennsylvania employment is “at-will,” an employer may fire you for not… read more →
Fondly termed “legalese” or “lawyer speak,” this legal vocabulary can feel like a whole new language for someone who is only interacting with the law for a short period of time. To fully understand every nuance of legalese, you need to head to law school. But, if you don’t have… read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Federal Judge: University of Pittsburgh Violated Professor’s Rights In a milestone case, the Federal District Court held that Pitt violated a professor’s due process rights when they cut his salary. PITTSBURGH – On Monday, June 5, 2017, attorneys Sean L. Ruppert and Martell Harris of… read more →
The Rights of Pregnant Women: Examples of Discrimination and What To Do About It Federal and state law grants no special rights to pregnant women, but the law does oppose discrimination. Pregnancy is healthy and normal, but women often experience employment discrimination due to pregnancy, whether before, during, or after. In… read more →
The use of revenge pictures is becoming more and more of a widespread problem as uploading photos and photo shopping pictures becomes easier. Revenge pictures are used in revenge porn, also considered non-consensual porn or image exploitation. In Pennsylvania, revenge porn is illegal. If you have found revenge pictures of… read more →
Revenge porn photos threaten not only the livelihoods of adults but the well-being of teenagers. Briefly, revenge porn is the sharing of sexually explicit images online without permission of the subject. Not only does this action violate the victim’s sense of privacy and self-esteem, revenge porn destroys the victim’s online… read more →
9 Ways To Protect Your Sexual Privacy Sharing photos and videos has never been so easy. While most of us still recall the day when few people owned a cellphone, younger generations have always had the joys and distractions of the internet. However, the dark side of the internet includes crimes… read more →
On Sunday, June 15, Kraemer, Manes & Associates collected 1,173 signatures on their petition to End LGBT Employment Discrimination. The petition will be sent to the PA Congressional Delegation in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), the passage of which would create LGBT protections on the federal level. The… read more →