Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier said her office has published final-form regulations that change Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act rules by updating how employers pay tipped workers and ensuring that salaried employees with fluctuating schedules are appropriately compensated for overtime. 

Lehigh University Small Business Development Center’s financing assistance program director is the 2022 State Star for Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (PASBDC).  

Pennsylvania farms produced $600 million in revenue in 2020, making the state second in the nation for direct food sales, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. 

ESSA Bank & Trust of Stroudsburg announced that it has partnered with the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) to provide access to higher education loans through the borrower-friendly PA Forward Student Loan Program. 

Univest Financial is pledging $300,000 to Grand View Health Foundation’s This is Us Together campaign. 

According to AAA East Central in Allentown the average price for a gallon of gas in the Lehigh Valley was $4.603 cents on May 10. 

Lee & Associates of Eastern Pennsylvania said it recently arranged two leases totaling more than 105,000 square feet at the newly renovated 100 Industrial Drive in Stockertown. 

Wisconsin-based Uline, a shipping supply specialist, is opening a new distribution center in Allentown and plans to hire between 90-120 associates to staff the facility.  

A Massachusetts firm is partnering with J. G. Petrucci Co. Inc., to build a microscopy distribution and service center in Bethlehem.  

Braun Medical Inc. of Bethlehem, a manufacturer of infusion therapy and pain management, has announced a collaboration agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the nation's leading research hospitals, to jointly develop innovative solutions to help frontline health care workers improve patient care and reduce the daily stress brought on by workplace demands.