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Dec
12
2018
Philadelphia Enacts a Fair Workweek Law Faegre Drinker
Apr
2
2021
Philadelphia Enacts COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
21
2022
Philadelphia Enacts COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
1
2020
Philadelphia Enacts COVID-19 Whistleblower Legislation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
7
2019
Philadelphia Enacts Fair Workweek Ordinance Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
9
2021
Philadelphia Enacts Key Changes to ‘Ban the Box,’ Credit Screening Ordinances Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
5
2022
Philadelphia Enacts Ordinance to Prohibit Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
11
2014
Philadelphia Enacts Pregnancy Accommodation Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
23
2015
Philadelphia Expands Ban-the-Box Legislation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
28
2020
Philadelphia Expands Entitlement to Paid Sick Leave for Workers Not Covered by FFCRA Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
28
2021
Philadelphia Expands Limits on Employers’ Use of Applicant or Employee Credit Histories Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
4
2021
Philadelphia Expands Ordinance Limiting Employer Use of Credit Checks Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
2
2020
Philadelphia Expands Paid Sick Leave During COVID-19 Faegre Drinker
Dec
16
2015
Philadelphia Expands the Reach of Its ‘Ban the Box’ Ordinance Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
14
2013
Philadelphia Increases Employment Protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Individuals Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
9
2019
Philadelphia Increases Minimum Wage Rate for City Workers and Contractors Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
28
2014
Philadelphia Issues New Pregnancy & Employment Rights Notice Proskauer Rose LLP
May
4
2015
Philadelphia Issues Sick Leave Notice Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
23
2020
Philadelphia Issues “Stay at Home” Order Faegre Drinker
Apr
22
2015
Philadelphia Joins Growing List of Cities with Paid Sick Leave Laws Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
2
2015
Philadelphia Joins List of Cities Mandating Paid Sick Leave Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
16
2015
Philadelphia Joins New York City, Newark and Many Other Jurisdictions In Requiring Paid Sick Leave Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
24
2017
Philadelphia Latest To Restrict Employer Inquiries Into Applicants’ Salary History Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
19
2014
Philadelphia Law Creates New Employee Rights, Employer Obligations Concerning Pregnancy and Related Medical Conditions Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
5
2017
Philadelphia Law Prohibiting Salary History Inquiries Survives Legal Challenge … For Now Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
23
2021
Philadelphia Mandates COVID Vaccine for All City Workers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
18
2015
Philadelphia Mandates Paid Sick Leave Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
18
2015
Philadelphia Mandatory Sick Leave Law Effective May 13 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
17
2022
Philadelphia Mayor Signs Bill Providing for COVID-19–Related Paid Leave Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
3
2017
Philadelphia Mayor Signs into Law Legislation to Ban Inquiries into Wage History – Update Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
6
2016
Philadelphia Ordinance Restricting Credit Checks on Job Applicants, Employees Effective July 7 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
4
2019
Philadelphia Passes Fair Workweek Employment Standards for Retail, Hospitality, and Food Service Establishments Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
27
2016
Philadelphia Passes Ordinance Prohibiting Wage History Inquiries Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
21
2017
Philadelphia Pay Equity Ordinance Stayed . . . Temporarily Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
16
2021
Philadelphia Predictability Pay Requirement to be Enforced Beginning June 1 Jackson Lewis P.C.
 

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