Pennsylvania

Improving Employment Opportunity for Veterans

Today we observe Veterans Day, the federal holiday dedicated to honoring veterans of the U.S. armed forces. While it is important to spend this one day a year in recognition of their military service, it is equally important that we spend the other 364 days ensuring that we’re providing veterans with the tools and opportunities Read more

Seeking to place new regulations on construction companies operating in Pennsylvania, Gov. Ed Rendell signed Pennsylvania’s new Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (CWMA) into law in October 2010. Independent contractors can only be classified by construction companies under specific conditions outlined in the CWMA. Any independent contractor who doesn’t meet the outlined specifications, should be reclassified as an Read more

Effective Now! The Pennsylvania Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (72), employee misclassification as independent contractors, is illegal for all commercial and residential construction in Pennsylvania. The law is now effective and construction industry employers must comply with the mandatory-to-post requirements. Under the law it is unlawful to do the following Contract with an employer knowing that Read more