For years, outside of Philadelphia, employment background screening compliance in Pennsylvania was relatively straightforward. In most places in the state, employers could conduct background screening and ask criminal record
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Recent decision clarifies that Pennsylvania’s Criminal History Record Information Act (CHRIA) protects job applicants even when they voluntarily disclose their criminal history, closing a potential loophole that could have undermined the statute’s core purpose.
U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr., for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, sustained plaintiff Amber Motko's discrimination claim against Geisinger Health Plan, where she accused the health care provider of terminating her employment because of her Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) diagnosis.
The ruling raises the risk that workers traditionally treated as volunteers could be legally reclassified as employees, potentially...
A Massachusetts man was arrested this week and accused of impersonating an Army veteran for more than three decades, receiving tens of thousands of dollars in VA medical care and committing crimes...