By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. After getting over this election hangover, we’re back to your regularly scheduled COVID programming! We’re gonna kick things off ...
The Ward Is Law
2020’s Been Scary Enough for Employers
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. Don’t Let Halloween Make it Even More So We’ve dealt with quite a few changes over the past year. Unfortunately, one thing that ...
Changes to Florida’s Minimum Wage
By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. Maybe Florida’s minimum wage isn’t THE biggest headline of 2020, but it is notable and important for employers to be ...
New York Provides Health News That Has Nothing to do with COVID!!
By: Barry Brownstein, Esq. Shout out to the Empire State for reminding us that there are in fact other health concerns totally unrelated to COVID. ...
Now in Pennsylvania: Two’s Company and 7,500’s a Crowd
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. On Tuesday 10/6, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that event crowd sizes in Pennsylvania will be greatly increased beginning ...
House Passes CROWN Act
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. Do We Really Need to Keep Saying It? Don’t Discipline Employees for Cultural Hairstyles! On September 21st, the U.S. House of ...
Pelotons, Puzzles and OSHA Whistleblower Resolutions
By Jennifer Ward, Esq. Pelotons, Puzzles and OSHA Whistleblower Resolutions What do they have in common? If you’re trying to get one during COVID, you ...
#straightforWARDtalk: Rest In Peace – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is my hero. Yes, she was crucial to the fight for gender equality. Yes, she was the first female tenured professor at Columbia Law ...
The Ward Report – Scenes From A Covid Restaurant
By Jennifer Ward, Esq. At the end of August, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney was in a bit of hot water after a photo surfaced of him dining indoors at a ...
Starting September, Talking Salaries in Philly Won’t Just be Taboo. It Will Also be Illegal
By Jennifer Ward, Esq. At the end of July, Philadelphia officials announced that the city’s salary history ban will go into effect on September 1st. In ...