Quakertown-based QNB Bank said its newest branch recently opened in Allentown's west end and will have a grand opening on Oct. 22.

Observers of Pennsylvania’s new clean slate law see few pitfalls that should worry employers as they adjust to the new dynamic under which millions of state residents each month will have their criminal records wiped clean. 

Consequences can be ruinous for construction and interior design firms that fail to properly identify workers as employees, and instead wrongly classify them as independent contractors. Lawsuits and government enforcement actions can result.

From how we communicate to where we work – a cube or office, a collaborative open floor plan or remotely from a home office – a lot has changed over the past 50 years.

Mentorship means having senior people in an organization who are not only willing to offer advice to less experienced staff members, but who are willing to go further by taking them under their wings. Mentors offer guidance and advice to mentees on how they can be more successful – both personally and professionally. 

A developer’s master plan for the Village at LifeQuest will create a project that allows for the interaction of different age groups in an inter-generational community in Milford Township near Quakertown.

St. Luke’s University Health Network has launched a new residency program designed to stop physician burn-out before it happens. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to declare a disaster in Berks County after intense storms produced flash flooding between July 11 and 12, 2019. This declaration makes low-interest loans available to repair or replace local real estate that sustained damage from the flooding.

Barley Snyder, a law firm based in Lancaster, said it would open a new office in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County.

The nationwide shortage of construction workers is posing challenges for the industry, including making it harder to meet deadlines, raising costs to complete projects, and forcing firms to ask their skilled laborers to do more work. There's no easy solutions in sight, but those in the field are making efforts to tackle the problem.