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• How to Assert Your Rights in the Workplace

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association on how to assert your rights in the workplace. Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Getting Fired

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association about being separated from your employment. Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Employment At Will

  Information from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia about your right to have and keep a job. Content Detail

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  Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

• Employment Discrimination

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association on discrimination in the workplace. Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Know Your Employment Rights!

  Information from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia on employment rights including wages, unemployment compensation, family and medical leave, discrimination, workplace injuries, and unions. Content Detail

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  Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

• Pennsylvania Employment Law Information (Audio-MP3) audio

  Episode of Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" Radio show broadcast on JET 1400 AM in Erie, PA on 5/31/07. information on PA Employment Law such as wage cases and barriers to employment such as a criminal record. (28:08) Read More

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  Northwestern Legal Services

• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association on sexual harassment in on the job. Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Wages and Hours

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association on wage and hour issues. Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Worker's Compensation (Audio-MP3) audio

  Episode of Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" Radio show broadcast on JET 1400 AM in Erie, PA on 3/27/08. Information regarding injuries on the job, how to protect your rights, wage payments, medical payments, and the process involved in pursuing a claim for Worker's Compensation in Pennsylvania. Read More

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  Northwestern Legal Services

• Workers' Rights Handbook

  Handbook on workers rights including the rights of immigrant workers. The original Philadelphia area handbook was created by Community Legal Services, Friends of Farmworkers and the Villanova Law School Clinical Program based on a publication created by the Chinatown Community Youth Leadership Project, a program of Asian Americans United. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Friends of Farmworkers

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Workers with Disabilities

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association about the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act for workers with disabilities Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Firing

  Information from the Erie County Bar Association on an employee's rights upon being fired from a job. Content Detail

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  Erie County Bar Association

• Legal Briefs: Employment Law Issues For Women

  Information discussed by Attorney Whitney Hughes of the Allegheny County Bar Association on the October 5, 2010 edition of "Legal Briefs" on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live program. Features some of the most common questions coming from women who are either having difficulty with their current employers or are facing uncomfortable situations while looking for a job, and some helpful tips to keep in mind. Content Detail

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  Allegheny County Bar Association

• Sexual Harassment

  Information from the Erie County Bar Association on sexual harassment in the workplace. Content Detail

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  Erie County Bar Association

• Workers' Compensation

  Information on Workers' Compensation benefits from the Erie County Bar Association Content Detail

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  Erie County Bar Association