Employer Liability: Where and When Employers Are Liable for Employees or Non-Employees When an employee causes harm during work hours, an employer also has the weight of responsibility, or liability, for the action. Although the employer may not have had any active role in the problem, the employer may still be liable. This may seem unfair, but employers become liable for two reasons. Two Rules that Guide Employer Liability Since employers guide the workload of employees and

What Does it Mean When an Employer is Seeking Relief of Charges? Under Section 302.1(a) of the Law, the employer is basically asking for relief in regards to paying your UC Benefits. This may sound a little confusing but employers that paid wages to the Claimant in the base year are charged for the Claimant’s UC Benefits. For example, if an employer paid 100% of the Claimant’s base year earnings (which are used to calculate and determine the Claimant’s UC Benefit eligibility)

In today’s economy, many employees end up working well over 40 hours per week. Most of the time, the Employee receives what is known as “overtime.” Overtime is usually equivalent to 1.5 or 2 times the employee’s hourly wage. However, there are some situations where the employee is not paid overtime for any hours he/she worked over a 40-hour workweek. Is there any remedy for that? The Wage Payment and Collection Law provides such remedy? What Does This Act Do? The Commonwealth