By Michael HomansFebruary, 2026 “The court is most troubled by Mr. Rajan’s demand that Mr. Bunce appear in Philadelphia for a deposition, only to unilaterally cancel Mr. Bunce’s deposition after he already traveled to Philadelphia,” the judge said. A federal judge in Pennsylvania awarded nearly $79,000 in attorney fees to a plaintiff and his counsel […]
By Michael Homans December 2024 This time of year, like an angel, we come bearing tidings of comfort and joy to our friends and clients who may feel overwhelmed or past-due on holiday chores. Rejoice, dear readers, the courts have confirmed that procrastination[1] can be a very wise thing! Why do we say that? Because
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On November 14, 2024, Michael Homans, Co-Founder of HomansPeck, LLC, will join a panel of Philadelphia-based attorneys hosted by Villanova Law’s Labor & Employer Law Society. The panel, moderated by Professor Ann C. Juliano, will share insights into their careers in the employment law and provide advice to law students interested in pursuing a similar
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By Michael Homans May 2024 James Madison’s butler might be proud. The Garden State has adopted the New Jersey “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights” to give such workers – who are often exempted from generally applicable employment laws – more protections. Most importantly the new law, which takes effect in July, provides that domestic workers
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By Michael Homans May 2024 Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again none like this CEO. In Coffman v. Grand View Health Foundation, LLC, decided last month in federal court in Philadelphia, the former Chief Financial Officer of this hospital system claimed as follows: she warned the CEO about the raunchy material of a comedian
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By Michael Homans May 2024 By now, most employers and employees should have received the news that the U.S. Department of Labor has published its Final Rule to increase the base salary level for white-collar jobs to be exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a nutshell, the minimum
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By Michael Homans May 2024 Cue the banjos – and The Godfather music. The facts appear damning for Tosh Pork, LLC, an 11,000-acre pig and corn farm in Tennessee, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”). After two “swine care” workers had the chops to ask about their pay that was past due, the company and
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By Michael Homans May 2024 Early May’s flurry of news stories and legal alerts about the Federal Trade Commission’s “Final Rule” to ban most non-compete agreements seems designed to agitate employers and give hope to employees bound by such restrictions. Our take: calm down, be patient, this “power grab” by the Executive branch is unlikely
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By: Michael Homans HomansPeck, LLC 215-419-7477 mhomans@homanspeck.com Gerald D. Wells III Connolly Wells & Gray, LLP 610-822-3700 gwells@cwglaw.com As presented as part of the 2024 Employment Law Institute put on by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute in Philadelphia in April 2024. Collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) present unique procedural and substantive challenges
By Michael Homans Two recent cases involving deaf persons highlight the risks – and limits — of claims of disability discrimination by those with hearing impairments. In the first, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued McLane Northeast, a distribution company with a large facility near Syracuse, NY, on behalf of a deaf applicant.
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