In January, 2017, Philadelphia became the first city in the nation to adopt a law prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their salary/wage histories. Philadelphia’s ordinance not only prohibits employers from asking an applicant about compensation history, it also prohibits an employer from relying on such information in determining an employee’s compensation.  The stated […]

On January 23, 2017, Mayor Jim Kenney of Philadelphia signed into law a bill, which prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about their wage history or requiring prospective employees to disclose their wage history. The bill also prohibits employers from relying on wage history in making its decisions unless applicants made the disclosure willingly and […]

We often receive calls from employers advising that they want to hire a new employee (from a competitor of course) who is the best thing since sliced bread but he has this non-compete agreement.  The first question is usually: “that’s not enforceable, right?” The seemingly useless lawyer answer of “it depends” is just the starting […]