To slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations late yesterday, and offered a comprehensive list of those types of businesses affected.

“I hope we aren’t limiting the definition of what leadership is. You don’t have to have 50 employees or have won leadership awards...You just need to shine with what you are good at.”- FIA NYC co-founder and LVB 40 under 40 winner, Lindsay Watson

For most health care workers, a certain amount of risk, including from the coronavirus, is considered part of the job.

There is strong evidence that employing women over 50 gives businesses a professional edge.

As we all hunker down in our homes more amidst the growing threat of the coronavirus, local small business owners are feeling the effects. LVB talked to several small business owners who opened up about how they are weathering this public health crisis.

I’m often asked how women can break through barriers, enhance their careers and gain recognition. Personally, I’ve used three guiding principles

The roots of the gender gap in the construction industry go back to ancient times, says Karen Cooney Duerholz, vice president of business development at Allentown-based Boyle Construction.

As of 2019, women make 79 cents for every dollar a man makes, but income transparency could go a long way towards the goal of closing the gender pay gap, according to the panelists at the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce’s International Women’s Day Event.

Now that the COVID-19 coronavirus has appeared in the United States, experts are telling employers that it’s important to have a contagious disease policy in place.

PBS39's Brittany Sweeney talked to LVB about what it’s like to be on the front lines of media and medicine. She filled us in on the importance of affordable health care, following the stories that people want to see, and mentoring future journalists.