Pennsylvania Employment Laws
Pennsylvania Hostile Work Environment Lawyers
In Pennsylvania, a work environment is considered to be hostile when an employee is subjected to acts of harassment or discriminatory practices because of their gender. The acts or practices must be severe or pervasive enough that a "reasonable person of the same gender" would believe that the conditions of employment have been altered and the working environment has become abusive and hostile.
Pennsylvania law does not protect workers from all forms of hostile environments. In order to have a valid complaint, the reasons for the hostile work environment must be because illegal acts or practices are directed at an employee based on certain characteristics such as race, gender, age, etc...
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There are two legal premises for filing defamation lawsuits: libel and slander. Some situations involve both slander and libel and filed as "defamation" lawsuits.
An employer may be sued if they tell lies about you and you are harmed as a result of those lies. In Pennsylvania, the statute of limitations for taking legal action in defamation lawsuits against an employer is...
Read the rest of this entry »Pennsylvania Statute of Limitations: Wrongful Termination Lawsuits
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a two-year statue of limitations for filing most tort and personal injury claims. Civil claims involving wrongful termination are tort claims that fall under the two-year limitation for injuries.
The statute of limitations for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is much shorter...
Read the rest of this entry »Pennsylvania Law: Statute of Limitations – Employment-Related Lawsuits
Title 42, Part VI, Chapter 55, Subchapter B covers the statute of limitations in Pennsylvania for sexual harassment and many other types of employment-related lawsuits...
Read the rest of this entry »Pennsylvania Statute of Limitations on Sexual Harassment Claims
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a two-year statue of limitations for filing most tort and personal injury claims. Civil claims involving sexual harassment, false imprisonment, and assault and battery (both of which the later are sometimes part of sexual harassment claims) are tort claims that fall under the two-year limitation for injuries.
The statute of limitations for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is much shorter...
Read the rest of this entry »What Employers Can and Cannot Ask
Federal and state anti-discrimination laws prohibit employers from denying jobs, promotions, and from firing employees based on certain characteristics. Federal laws also protect your privacy about certain issues that are not relevant when applying for a specific job. This means that employers are not allowed to ask certain questions on a job application or in an interview.
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Pennsylvania Sexual Harassment Laws
Pennsylvania laws allow employees to hold their employer be liable for instances of sexual harassment in the workplace. However, certain conditions must be met before an employee can sue their employer...
Read the rest of this entry »Discrimination in the Workplace: What is illegal in Pennsylvania?
Federal and state laws in Pennsylvania protect employees from employment decisions based on discrimination. Federal civil rights law does not require an employer to hire,or promote the most qualified applicant, but employers are not allowed to terminate or discriminate against employees or job applicants for any of the following reasons...
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