With the school year commencing, a common question is whether distance or online learning constitutes a school closure under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provides paid leave for covered employees who are unable to work due to certain COVID-19 related reasons.

On August 3, 2020, the Supreme Court of California (the Court) ruled that in order to state a claim for interference with an at-will contract, the plaintiff must allege that the defendant engaged in an independently wrongful act. Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc., 2020 Cal. LEXIS 4876, *1.

The SAFE TO WORK Act pending in the United States Congress would create a sea change as to potential liability for COVID-19 related claims as it would create broad immunity for healthcare providers, businesses and schools from claims related to COVID-19.

After a noticeable pause in activity in many offices across the country, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this week that it will re-commence issuing Notice of Right to Sue letters, a process that was suspended for four months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Philadelphia City Council has passed the Wage Equity Ordinance in an attempt to narrow the gender wage gap. According to the Ordinance, a 2015 United States Census Bureau report found that women in Pennsylvania were paid seventy-nine cents for every dollar a man earned.

On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) consolidated the standard used to evaluate whether discipline of an employee’s abusive conduct violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provides two different types of paid leave for employees who are unable to work due to COVID-19 related reasons.

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