http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com en-us Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:29:16 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090707052553.shtml http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090707052553.shtml Employment Law Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:25:53 -0700 <p>If you are owed money by your employer, you can recover under Pennsylvania&#39;s Wage Payment and Collection Law, 43 Pa.C.S.A. &sect;260.1 <em>et seq</em>. (&quot;WPCL&quot;). WPCL provides that any employee prevailing on a claim for wages is entitled, in all cases, to full and complete reimbursement for <em>all legal fees and costs incurred</em> in pursuing such wages in Court. This is in contrast to the general rule that each party in litigation pays his/her/its own legal fees. WPCL also provides that <em>any individual who participates in a decision to wrongfully withhold such wages</em> can be held individually liable. This is in contrast to most laws, which do not permit individual officers/agents/managers of corporations to be held accountable for the acts of the company. Under WPCL, the employee is entitled to liquidated damages (i.e. a penalty) equal to 25% of the unpaid wages if the decision to withhold wages was not made in good faith. The statute of limitations for a WPCL claim is 3 years.</p> <p>What are wages under WPCL? The term includes, among other things, ordinary salary or hourly pay, promised severance or bonus payments, earned commissions, accrued vacation or personal time and stock option benefits.</p> <p>The WPCL is a very powerful tool, and employees who feel they are owed money have an excellent chance of recovering what they are owed thereunder.</p> http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090706114345.shtml http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090706114345.shtml Employment Law Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:43:45 -0700 http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090617142357.shtml http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090617142357.shtml Employment Law Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:23:57 -0700 http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090611082647.shtml http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090611082647.shtml Employment Law Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:26:47 -0700 http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090609084614.shtml http://www.employmentlaw101blog.com/tp-090413102209/post-090609084614.shtml Employment Law Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:46:14 -0700