Employment Law Blog

Sexual Harassment Can Affect Women’s Health for Years

November 21, 2018

A recent study shows that there may be a connection between women who have experienced sexual harassment and sexual assault to health problems. Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace before it occurs, even if it means to provide costly trainings, may save employers in the long term since it could...

College Dean Fired Because of Gender

November 19, 2018

Women have come a long way in the fight for equality in the workplace, but countless situations still exist where women are discriminated against based on gender alone. A community college dean recently claimed that she was fired solely because of her gender, and she has raised her voice through...

Sidney L. Gold Featured Speaker at Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference

November 16, 2018

On Monday, September 24, attorney Sidney L. Gold of The Gold Law Firm P.C. was one of the featured speakers at the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference (FALJC). The event showcased legal professors from various universities across the country, as well as litigation professionals who provided seminars on judicial issues....

Proposal in Pennsylvania to Change Overtime Threshold

November 12, 2018

Many workers wrongly assume that the only staff eligible to receive overtime pay are hourly employees. In 2016, overtime pay for salaried employees made national news when the Obama administration proposed raising the threshold for salaried workers’ overtime pay. For many people, this was the first they were aware that...

Enforceable Noncompete Agreements

November 9, 2018

For one major company, legal investigations in two states forced them to eliminate unfair noncompete agreements resulting in a significant victory for workers in the company’s U.S. operations. Companies use noncompete agreements to stop employees from sharing proprietary information with a rival company or a company in the same geographic...

Case Becomes Test for LGBTQ Rights in Court

November 7, 2018

A transgender woman who was fired from her job as a Michigan funeral home director may become the poster person for transgender rights, if the Supreme Court decides to hear the case involving her alleged wrongful termination. She still lives with the wife she had married when she considered herself...