Employees

Gratitude Workplace Leaders

Gratitude can boost workplace morale, but it is particularly powerful when it has 3 characteristics

N.J. Senate approves expanding paid family leave benefits to workers at smaller companies

nj family leave

Essen Bakery owners say they closed for a mental health break. Their employees say they've been ghosted.

Essen Bakery

Four-day work week reduces burnout and improves performance, study shows

Philadelphia city employees now can get free SEPTA passes

SEPTA Passes Philly

Uber agrees to pay New Jersey $100 million following dispute about worker misclassification

Pennsylvania's raised income threshold for tipped workers aims to protect wages

Tipped Workers

Philly waives residency requirement for police officers, prison workers

Police Residency Rule

Philadelphia's employee COVID-19 vaccine requirement delayed indefinitely

Philadelphia COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Philadelphia expands COVID-19 vaccine requirement to all city employees

Philadelphia COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Philly pushes back COVID-19 vaccination deadline for colleges, health care systems

Philly COVID-19 vaccine mandate

N.J. teachers, state employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-October

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky helicopter plant in Coatesville to shut down next March

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Plant Coatesville

Philly to implement COVID-19 vaccine mandate for colleges, health care systems

Philly colleges COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Digital platform PropelPHL aims to connect job-seekers to employers, social services

Penn mandates all faculty, staff must be fully vaccinated by August

Penn employees COVID-19 vaccine

New Jersey relaxes COVID-19 workplace restrictions

NJ COVID-19 workplace guidelines

Working more than 55 hours a week is killing hundreds of thousands of people each year, WHO says

Worker Burn Out

Social distancing, face masks now required in all New Jersey workplaces

NJ COVID-19 workplace requirements

Amazon signs lease for new Pennsylvania 'fulfillment center' in Bensalem

Pennsylvania unveils $50 million hazard pay grant program for life-sustaining industries

Pennsylvania Hazard Pay Grants

Manco & Manco temporarily closes Ocean City locations after employees test positive for COVID-19

manco manco COVID

Philly passes bill to protect workers who report COVID-19 violations

Philadelphia essential workers

Pennsylvania freezes pay of 9,000 government workers due to coronavirus

Appeals court upholds Philly's ban on employers asking job applicants about salary histories

Philly Wage Ordinance Appeal

U-Haul adopts policy to stop hiring smokers, e-cigarette users in 21 states

U-Haul truck lineup

Wawa will pay $1.4 million to settle employee overtime lawsuit

Wawa 12th and Market streets

New Jersey's minimum wage just went up to $10 an hour

Health Insurance

Independence Blue Cross named Top Workplace for 2019

IBX Headquarters

Osaka owners to pay $1 million in back wages to employees at Philadelphia, Lansdale restaurants

Osaka Japanese

Update: As deal emerges to end government shutdown, some companies continue helping workers.

Carroll - Govt. Shutdown in Philly

New Jersey school bus aide fired for using profanities and threatening a 10-year-old

School bus

Jefferson raises minimum wage to $15/hour across health system

Stock_Carroll - Thomas Jefferson Hospital

Mayor Kenney is going to propose a minimum wage increase for employees of city contractors

Carroll - Minimum Wage Rally

Report: Most Philly professionals wouldn't sacrifice work culture for job at a top company

Stock_Carroll - Philadelphia Skyline at dusk

Sign hung in Dunkin Donuts offered coupons for reporting employees not speaking English

Stock_Carroll - Dunkin Donuts sign

Philly-area companies rank in Forbes 'Best Large Employers' list

Stock_Carroll - Indego Bike Share Bikes

Chester County hair salon allegedly fired stylist after husband reported safety hazards

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Popular Drake Tavern ordered to pay $26,000 in employee back wages

Drake Tavern

Holiday Parties

Holiday party tips to keep you off the naughty list

Dealing with a boss from hell? Find your inner warrior

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Target to raise minimum wage to $11, promises $15 by 2020

This is why corporate buzzwords need to die

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