Pennsylvania does not have a statewide paid sick or family leave mandate, and state courts have largely permitted home-rule cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to adopt local paid sick leave laws.
Pennsylvania has no statewide paid sick leave, paid family leave, or earned sick time law applicable to private employers. Unlike minimum wage, the General Assembly has not enacted a clear preemption of local paid leave ordinances, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld Pittsburgh's Paid Sick Days Act in PA Restaurant Association v. City of Pittsburgh (2019). Philadelphia's Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Ordinance requires employers with 10 or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave annually. Smaller cities have explored similar measures. Federal FMLA continues to provide unpaid job-protected leave, and the state's Heart and Lung Act covers certain public-safety workers.
Where local paid sick leave laws apply, retaliation or denial can lead to back pay, restoration, and civil penalties from the city.
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem Zoning § 1322(yy)(4) expressly refers pool fencing to the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, which adopts the 2018 International Swimming Pool...
Bethlehem, PA
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Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem's zoning code does not require neighbor consent for a boundary fence under Article 1318, but Pennsylvania common-law partition-fence principles and...
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem requires a zoning permit from the Bureau of Code Enforcement for any fence installation as part of general zoning compliance under Article 1318 (he...
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem caps household animals at six without a permit: Section 1159.04 of Article 1159 (Animals) requires application for a permit for any household keepi...
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem's local wildlife-feeding enforcement runs through Article 1159 nuisance provisions (Section 1159.06) of the Codified Ordinances and property-mainte...
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