Please join us for the 9th Annual HR Legal Summit, co-sponsored by Ballard Spahr and SEPA SHRM. This year’s HR Legal Summit will be held in the mornings on Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1, 2021. We are excited about this year’s virtual conference with cutting edge sessions, top-notch speakers, professional credits, fresh
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Ways and Means Committee Proposes National Paid Family and Medical Leave
By Jessica Federico & Brian D. Pedrow on
On September 7, the House Ways and Means Committee released bill text that includes a new national, universal paid medical and family leave plan. This bill represents just one portion of the expected $3.5 trillion social spending bill that will advance President Biden’s legislative agenda.
The bill is extensive, but employers should be particularly aware…
Third Circuit Rules Reservists May Need to Be Paid for Military Leave
By Melissa Costello & Shannon D. Farmer on
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) establishes rights and benefits for employees and employment applicants who have served in the military or have engaged in other forms of protected governmental service. On August 10, 2021, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals revived a proposed class action filed by a Navy…
EXPIRATION OF PHILADELPHIA’S PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LEAVE
By Tara L. Humma & Brian D. Pedrow on
On March 29, 2021, the City of Philadelphia enacted an ordinance providing for paid Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL). Our blog post on the requirements of the leave can be found here. That leave requirement is now expired and employers no longer need to provide this leave.
The PHEL’s sunset provision tied its expiration…
Philadelphia Public Health Emergency Leave
By David S. Fryman, Brian D. Pedrow & Elliot I. Griffin on
On Monday, the City of Philadelphia adopted a new version of Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL), mandating up to 80 hours of paid leave benefits in 2021 for employers with 50 or more employees. The law went into effect on the date it was signed — March 29, 2021. PHEL is a new leave entitlement…