Hiring Remote Workers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Northern Virginia Employer’s Compliance Guide
A Northern Virginia employer's guide to hiring and managing remote workers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I walk HR through the Pennsylvania common-law reasonableness test for non-competes with the Maintenance Specialties consideration rule, the Pennsylvania Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act effective January 1, 2025, the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law with 25 percent liquidated damages plus mandatory attorney fees, the PHRA covering employers with 4 or more workers, and the Philadelphia city ordinance stack including the Wage Theft Ordinance, Paid Sick Leave Law, Fair Workweek Ordinance, salary history ban, and Fair Chance Hiring ordinance.




