When traumatic disruptive things happen, like the current COVID-19 pandemic, they create many obvious and foreseeable impacts; but also many not so obvious or foreseeable impacts; and, when these events occur, they not only cause financial issues but also cause…
Approximately one year ago the Pennsylvania State Legislature passed a law entitled Construction Industry Employee Verification Act. Since that time, Pennsylvania construction contractors have likely received numerous emails, news blurbs and blogs announcing this statute and its requirements. This is…
The Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, in announcing the Department’s new overtime rule, projected that up to 251,000 or more people employed in Pennsylvania could soon see overtime compensation in their paychecks where there was none…
In a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision, the Court has given the green light to employees to file certain retaliation claims with a state court under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law without first filing a charge or complaint with the Pennsylvania…
It was way back in October of 2010 when the Pennsylvania Legislature passed the law known as the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (43 Pa. C.S. §933.1, et seq.). The stated purpose of the Act was to prohibit construction industry employers…
Contractors working on prevailing wage projects know that the law requires them to complete and submit certified payroll forms indicating the hours each workman worked within each trade classification. What many contractors do not know is just exactly how to…
There is an old adage that those who do business with the government do so at their own peril. This would apply to construction contractors doing business with the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS). Contractors who have performed work…
