As businesses begin to return to operations, recalling employees, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce is pushing for what it calls Safe Harbor protections for businesses against COVID-19 related lawsuits.

Lehigh Carbon Community College has a new vice president for academic services and student development in Larissa M. Verta, whose interim role for that position will become permanent on July 1.

On June 15 the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark ruling deciding that sexual orientation and gender identity were covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, protecting LGBT people from discrimination.

Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing is eliminating 233 jobs between its Wyomissing and Las Vegas operations because of losses the gaming company sustained from the COVID-19 pandemic.

West Reading-based Tower Health said it will be eliminating 1,000 jobs because of the financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on its health system.

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against LGBT people.

“Our services were framed with clinical oversight and are designed to address what’s most important to employers and school staff, such as diagnostic and antibody testing.”

About 1.5 million Americans filed first-time applications for unemployment insurance last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. That pushes the tally of those who have made initial claims – a rough measure of layoffs -- over the past 12 weeks to a staggering 44.1 million.

As restrictions ease and more businesses reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Luke’s Occupational Medicine, is launching a program to support returning workers.

There’s a more health-conscious workforce and customer base returning to in-person operations in the coming weeks, and businesses in the midstate and across the country are looking at their options for ensuring a COVID-19-free environment.