The Federal Trade Commission has announced that phone numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry now exceed 200 million, and that signing up for the Registry to prevent unwanted telemarketing calls is fast, free, and easy. The Do Not Call Registry empowers consumers to take charge of the

Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. has announced that, together with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), it settled a federal harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against a large farm growers’ cooperative. The cooperative, Knouse Foods, operates seven processing plants in three

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission joined public and private entities across the U.S. in reaffirming its commitment to expanding access to employment, education and public places and services for

The Internal Revenue Service has announced a one-time relief program that will allow small nonprofit organizations that failed to file required returns for 2007, 2008 and 2009 to preserve their nonprofit status. Organizations at risk of losing their tax-exempt status can preserve their status by

A comprehensive reference guide designed to better prepare family court judges and child dependency practitioners for the complex legal issues and special needs of abused and neglected children was released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on July 22. The guide, known as the Pennsylvania Dependency

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the agency is submitting legislation to Congress that would prohibit states, without the Commissioner’s prior authorization, from reducing the number of state personnel who make disability determinations for Social Security or

On Thursday, July 22, President Obama signed into law House Resolution 4213, which extends the emergency unemployment compensation, or EUC, program and full federal funding of state extended benefits through Nov. 27, 2010. Because the law is retroactive, eligible claimants now may be paid for weeks

The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 22 approved $430 million in Fiscal Year 2011 funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Of that amount, $401.7 million would provide grants for the delivery of civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. In addition to the funding for legal