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Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms
Online Services from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
(Separate Website)
List of online services offered by the PA Department of Labor and Industry.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania Career Link Online Services
(Separate Website)
Links to online services offered by PA Career Link. Includes Job Seeker services and One Stop services such as Education and Training; Vocational Rehabilitation; Veteran Services; Welfare Services and more.
By: Pennsylvania Career Link
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
How to Assert Your Rights in the Workplace
(Separate Website)
Information on how to assert your rights in the workplace
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Employment Rights
(Separate Website)
Information rights of employees in the workplace
By: Community Legal Services
Workers with Disabilities
(Separate Website)
Information about the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act for workers with disabilities
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Overcoming Barriers to Employment
Informational brochure relating to barriers to employment, specifically mental health issues and interview questions
By: MidPenn Legal Services
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Employment Discrimination
(Separate Website)
Information on discrimination in the workplace
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Pennsylvania Employment Law Information (Audio-MP3)
(Separate Website)
Episode of Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" Radio show broadcast on JET 1400 AM in Erie, PA. Click on title above to listen to the program.
5/31/07 - PA Employment Law information such as wage cases, barriers to employment such as a criminal record. Host- Robert Oakley, Esq., NWLS Director; Guest Jennifer Krause, NWLS Attorney with the PA Employment Project (28:08)
By: Northwestern Legal Services
Getting Fired and Quitting
(Separate Website)
Information relating to being separated from your employment
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
(Separate Website)
Information on sexual harassment in on the job
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Wages and Hours
(Separate Website)
Information on wage and hour issues
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Workers' Rights Handbook
(Separate Website)
Handbook on workers rights including the rights of immigrant workers. Original Philadelphia area handbook created by Community Legal Services, Friends of Farmworkers and Villanova Law School Clinical Program based on a publication created by the Chinatown Community Youth Leadership Project, a program of Asian Americans United.
By: Friends of Farmworkers
Immigrant Workers' Employment Rights
(Separate Website)
Slides from a PowerPoint presentation outlining many issues related to an immigrant worker's employment rights.
By: Friends of Farmworkers
Understanding the Process - Filing for Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Summary that outlines the process when applying for unemployment compensation benefits.
By: Northwestern Legal Services
Temporary Jobs - When on Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Information of how temporary employment can affect the receipt of unemployment compensation benefit.
By: Northwestern Legal Services
Worker's Compensation (Audio-MP3)
(Separate Website)
Episode of Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" Radio show broadcast on JET 1400 AM in Erie, PA.
3/27/08 - Details 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. Host - Robert Oakley, Esq. NWLS Executive Director; Guest - Tom Wall, Esq., Attorney with Nichols, Perot, Smith, Koehler & Wall Law Firm.
By: Northwestern Legal Services
Information from Bar Associations and Other Legal Organizations
Firing
(Separate Website)
Information on an employee's rights upon being fired from a job.
By: Erie County Bar Association
Sexual Harrassment
(Separate Website)
Information on sexual harrasment in the workplace from the Erie County Bar Association
By: Erie County Bar Association
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