By Leonard Sciolla, LLP | Published August 12, 2021 | Posted in personal injury | Comments Off on A Recipe for Disaster
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A Recipe for Disaster
American roads continue to be an even bigger hazard than usual as a result of a pandemic-related increase in unsafe and reckless driving. The problem started last year, when authorities began seeing a dangerous uptick in speeding, including an increase in speeding over 100MPH, as well as reckless driving behaviors, and drug and alcohol abuse Read More
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of NCAA Athletes Monetizing on Name, Image and Likeness
On June 21, 2021 the Supreme Court ruled against the NCAA in a landmark case regarding compensation for college athletes. In a unanimous decision, justices voted that student athletes could receive education-related payments in a case that could allow more money currently funneled to the college sports industry to go directly to the players. The Read More
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New Jersey and Philadelphia Rules for Marijuana Screening of Employees
As society changes its views on marijuana, employers in the Delaware Valley and across the country need to adopt new policies regarding how they handle employees who use the substance. Both New Jersey and Philadelphia are making that happen. New Jersey enacted the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (the NJ Read More
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Can Your Employer Require You to Get Vaccinated?
By now we’ve all heard of some of the perks associated with getting the COVID-19 vaccine: free donuts, French fries and lottery tickets. Even the White House is teaming up with Anheuser-Busch to “buy America’s next round of beer” when 70% of the U.S. adult population has been vaccinated. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has Read More
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DACA Program Faces Uncertain Future
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program currently protects over 800,000 young immigrants, known as Dreamers, from deportation or removal from the United States. On Friday, July 16th, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled in favor of a challenge by nine states, holding that the DACA program is an illegal exercise of Presidential authority. Read More
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Philadelphia 2022 Budget Proposal
Mayor Jim Kenney presented his proposed budget for 2022 to the Philadelphia City Counsel on April 15. The Covid-19 Pandemic caused a $750 million shortfall for last year’s budget and caused the Mayor’s Office to redo the budget it proposed just before the Pandemic began to affect Philadelphia. This year’s budget shortfall was anticipated to Read More
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Business Tax Credits for Offering Paid Time Off in Order for Employees to be Vaccinated
Vaccination rates have slowed in the past few weeks. America is averaging about three million vaccinations per day after reaching over 4.5 million doses a day in early April. Time off and financial restraints have become a sticking point for many individuals who have yet to receive their first dose. In response, President Biden put Read More
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Biden Administration Lifts Ban on H-1B and Other Non-Immigrant Visas
On April 1, 2021, President Biden allowed President Trump’s June 2020 Executive Order banning the issuance of new H-1B and other non-immigrant visas to expire. President Trump had initially issued the Executive Order for a period of 60 days, however it had been thereafter extended until December 2020, and again until March 31, 2021. The Read More
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Do You Need COBRA Assistance?
COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is the federal law which permits employees (and their dependents) who lose health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits in certain situations. Among those circumstances are voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours worked, a transition between jobs, and other Read More
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Employer Responsibilities When Employees Work from Home
The last year has seen many employers and employees quickly dive into a new way of working. Employers have had to develop and adopt technology strategies that could be used to get work done remotely. Employees had to acclimatize to new technologies, platforms, and strategies to work from home while helping children with schoolwork, quieting Read More
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