Business

The FTC has voted to ban employment agreements that typically prevent workers from leaving their companies for competitors, or starting competing business of their own.

We spend an awful lot of time with our coworkers but when do workplace relationships become friendships and do they help or hurt us on the job?

Advocates say corporations need to change their practices to tackle plastics pollution. In the meantime here are some local options for those looking to cut their consumption.

The designation requires that releases of PFAs and PFOs into soil or water be reported to federal, state or tribal officials if they meet or exceed certain levels.

Township officials want to change zoning laws to clamp down on the rise of smoke shops, which have become a growing nuisance to community members.

The city is on track to expand labor protections for workers inside Center City office towers slated for renovation into residential buildings.

After the biggest cannabis shopping day of the year, the business will shutter after its landlord cut the lease short.

Philadelphia adults are more likely to have a college degree than the national average but less likely than some peer cities.

The goal of the "PHL: Open for Business" effort is to make starting or keeping a business easier for people, especially disadvantaged communities who need help.

Restaurant owners offered testimonies on restrictive regulations against streeteries and sidewalk cafes.

An unofficial New Jersey diner coalition estimates that there are around 450 diners in the state, more per capita than any other state in the United States.

At Friday's rally, workers said they are employing new tactics to ban smoking in the casinos after thus far failing to convince legislators to do it.

Advocates say too much talent is sitting on the sidelines because criminal records are holding some applicants back.

The brand founded in Philly in 1939 enters a new chapter with new financial backing from former mayoral candidate Jeff Brown.

The Baltimore port is now inaccessible, meaning nearby ports need to absorb the traffic.