Pennsylvania

The City of Philadelphia has amended its Fair Practices Ordinance to specifically protect employees from discrimination on the basis of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.

This includes discrimination on the basis of reproductive health autonomy, whether based on pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or menstruation, perimenopause or menopause. The law further requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee for needs related to menstruation, perimenopause or menopause if related symptoms substantially interfere with an employee’s ability to perform one or more job functions, absent undue hardship.…

Joining New York, New Jersey, Seattle, Washington DC, and multiple cities in California, effective December 31, 2022, Philadelphia, PA requires employers with 50 or more covered employees to implement a mass transit and bicycle commuter benefits program. Covered employees are those that worked at least an average of 30 hours per week in Philadelphia during…

2023 promises to be a busy year for employers and their employee benefit plans…. especially given recent legislation.

One item that may have escaped attention: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 requires brokers and consultants to provide a new kind of written disclosure of compensation received.

What should employers do with that disclosure?

What does…