On December 9, 2025, the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Office of Equal Protection released revised guidelines regarding the administration of the Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA). The PSDA Revised Guidelines both add...more
12/30/2025
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Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
New Guidance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Penalties ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
In the past month, Pennsylvania and its two largest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, enacted legislation that will affect employers across the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania adopted legislation to protect against...more
12/12/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Local Ordinance ,
New Legislation ,
Pennsylvania ,
Protected Class ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State and Local Government
On June 12, 2025, Mayor Ed Gainey signed into law an amendment to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA) that changes the accrual requirements and amount of paid sick leave that must be provided under the...more
On September 24, 2024, the Pittsburgh City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting discrimination against an individual’s status as a medical marijuana patient. Mayor Ed Gainey signed the ordinance the same day, making it...more
On December 8, 2020, Pittsburgh’s City Council unanimously passed a Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, which Mayor Peduto signed on December 9, 2020. The Ordinance, which took effect immediately, requires...more
In October 2020, both Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the City of Pittsburgh passed Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair (CROWN) Acts, which prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle and “protective...more