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Are you a Residential Landowner, Landlord, or Property Management Company? Are you compliant with the most up-to-date Fair Housing Regulations? If not, it could cost you $450,000.00.

Recently, a settlement was entered concerning an alleged violation of the Fair Housing Act. This settlement outlines a major area of liability for landlords.

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/warminster/450k-discrimination-settlement-over-warminster-apartment-rule.

If you wish for me to detail what the settlement entailed, review your policies and procedures, what changes you should or could be making, and create updated policies concerning the major points, please let me know, and I will start to work on it for you.

From the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry:

With the introduction of the new Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation System, employers may be searching for a way to report refusals of work. The system does not currently have a designated area where employers can easily make these reports.

Employers are encouraged to continue to use the UC-1921W Online Form. This form can be submitted directly through the PA UC website, or employers can email completed forms to RefusalofWork@pa.gov. Please only use one method and do not send multiple reports for the same incident.

A refusal of suitable work issue arises under the following circumstances:

• An employer offers work to an individual who is NOT already employed by the employer, and the individual refuses the offer.
• An employee refuses a recall to work after an indefinite lay-off from the employer.
• An individual discourages being hired, during the interview process.
• PA CareerLink® refers an individual to an employer and the individual refuses or fails to report for the interview.

Employers should NOT report the following issues using the UC-1921W Online Form:

• Call-offs/Absent Hours/PTO/Limited Availability
• No-Show for Shifts
• Voluntary Quits or Discharges
• Declined assignments if the individual is still considered employed by the agency
• Reasonable Assurance for School Claims
• Any other potential issues involving a current employee or an individual considered, by the employer, to still be employed

So you have represented yourself and a Magisterial District Judgment has been entered again. What do you do? An appeal from a Magisterial District Judge is made to the Court of Common Pleas. The form used to file such an appeal is universal for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The form can be found here.

The form must be completed and filed with the Court of Common Pleas of the County in which the Magisterial District Court Judgment is entered. Once the form is filed, you must serve the filed form on the Plaintiff and the Magisterial District Judge where the judgment was entered. If you are the Plaintiff and you appealed, you must then file a Complaint. If you were the Defendant or one of the Defendants, the burden then shifts to the other party, the other party must file a Complaint.  

Failure to adhere to the strict civil procedural requirements of the law can have a negative effect on your case and even result in your case being dismissed or terminated. Make your next move, your best move and seek a consultation with an attorney at the Law Offices of Fiore & Barber, LLC.