Pennsylvania Resources

HR guides for Pennsylvania employers

Plain-language, cited guides on the Pennsylvania employment questions employers ask most — anchored in the Pennsylvania statutes and the PHRC, and mindful of the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh local rules. General HR information, not legal advice.

• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania Minimum Wage & Tip Credit

  The $7.25 state rate (and why it hasn't moved), the $2.83 tipped cash wage and the tip credit, and why PA preempts local minimum wages.

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania Overtime: The No-Fluctuating-Workweek Rule

  1.5× after 40 hours, no daily overtime — and the Chevalier v. GNC rule that bars the federal fluctuating-workweek method under the PMWA.

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania Final Pay & the Wage Payment Law (WPCL)

  Final wages by the next regular payday, lawful deductions, and the 25%/$500 liquidated damages plus attorney fees the WPCL adds for unpaid wages.

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania Discrimination Law (PHRA) at 4+ Employees

  The PA Human Relations Act covers employers with just 4 employees — protected classes (incl. the 2023 sexual-orientation/gender-identity reading), the 180-day PHRC filing window, and accommodation.

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania Non-Compete Agreements

  When non-competes are enforceable, the Socko rule that continued employment isn't enough consideration, blue-penciling, and the new Act 74 health-care-practitioner limits.

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Paid Sick Leave

  Pennsylvania has no statewide paid sick leave, but Philadelphia and Pittsburgh require accrued paid sick time — who's covered, accrual, and why locality matters.

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania At-Will Employment & Wrongful Discharge

  The at-will rule from Geary v. U.S. Steel, the narrow public-policy exception, and what counts (filing a workers'-comp claim, jury duty, refusing to break the law).

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• Pennsylvania Guide · Updated 2026

  Pennsylvania New-Hire Onboarding Checklist

  Forms, new-hire reporting within 20 days, required postings, the local Earned Income Tax (and the Philadelphia Wage Tax), and the policies a PA handbook should carry.

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