Michelle De Oliveira
Director
- 508-490-8500

Michelle De Oliveira represents businesses and individuals in all aspects of employment-related matters, including negotiation, litigation and counseling. In the litigation arena, Michelle represents clients in, among other things, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, discrimination and sexual harassment matters. Michelle also advises business professionals on a host of employment issues, including without limitation, wage and hour issues, workplace investigations, drug testing, hiring practices, employment policies and handbooks, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, employee discipline, and employee leave matters. Michelle’s clients rely on her skills and her passion for careful and earnest advocacy to analyze relevant issues and craft legal strategies to ensure the best possible solutions.
In addition to an employment practice, Michelle also maintains a general litigation practice, representing clients in general commercial litigation matters. Business professionals appreciate Michelle’s analytical approach to understanding the facets to their business disputes. Always poised to resolve matters outside of court, Michelle calls upon her experience to accurately assess pre-litigation and litigation strategies for thorough trial preparation.
Michelle has recently been appointed as Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section Council. Michelle regularly speaks and presents at seminars, training sessions and webinars on employment-related matters.
Professional Associations
- Women’s Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
Live Programs and Webcasts
- COVID-19’s Everlasting Impact in the Workplace: Vaccine Mandates, Returning to the Office, Managing Remote Work, Reasonable Accommodations & Interjurisdictional Employers
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE│New England)’s What All Law Firm Managers Need to Know About Employment Law
- Post Covid-19 employment litigation is coming. How can Employers Avoid it?
- Marijuana in the Workplace
- Employment Law 101, Discrimination & Sexual Harassment
- HR & Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Employer Considerations in the Midst of COVID-19
- Managing a Changing Workforce During COVID-19
- Complying with New DOL Guidelines
- COVID-19 and the Workplace: What Employers Should Know & Perspectives from the DOL and the AGO
- Post-COVID-19 Employment Litigation is Coming. How Can Employers Prepare
Publications
- PFML Update: Employers Must Issue 2023 Rate Sheet by December 2, 2022, Provide Employee Notice, and Publish Updated PFML Workplace Poster
- EEOC Updates Its Guidance To Address COVID-19 Workplace Testing
- Employers: The Time Is Ripe For Management Training
- Employer on the Hook for Treble Damages for Failure to Pay Earned Vacation on Employee’s Termination Date – And Paying Wages Before Employee Files Complaint is No Excuse
- The Massachusetts Independent Contractor Chapter, MCLE’s 5th Edition 2020, with 2022 Supplement of Massachusetts Employment Law
- OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination Or Weekly Testing For Large Employers Shut Down, But First A Bumpy Rollercoaster Ride
- Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
- Massachusetts Ending COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Paid Sick Leave on March 15, 2022
- United States Supreme Court Halts Enforcement Of OSHA’s ETS for Private Employers with 100+ Employees
- Massachusetts Adopts CDC’s Newly Issued Guidance Relating To Isolation & Quarantine; Interplay with OSHA’s ETS
- Massachusetts’ Independent Contractor Test Does Not Apply When Determining Whether An Entity Is A Joint Employer, The FLSA Test Will Apply
- Court Temporarily Halts Enforcement Of The Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
- Two Days After OSHA’s Issuance Of The Emergency Temporary Standard Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination And Testing For Employers With 100+ Employees, A Court Halts Enforcement
- OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing For Employers With 100+ Employees
- Guidance Issued for Federal Contractors on Vaccine Mandate and Requirements for Masking and Social Distancing
- Covid-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Extended Through April 1, 2022
- News From the White House: COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates for Federal Workers, Federal Contractors & for Employers with 100+ Employees
- As of May 29, 2021, the Mask Mandate Will Be Lifted in Massachusetts For Those Who Are Fully Vaccinated
- New Development for Massachusetts Employers: COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave
- CDC Lifts Mask Requirement for Those Who Are Fully Vaccinated—But Massachusetts Employers Should Hold Tight
- Employers Beware: Practical Implications Of Governor Baker’s Newly Issued Travel Order, Effective August 1, 2020, in the Workplace
- DOL Guidance On The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- DOL Announcement: Families First Coronavirus Response Act Effective on April 1st &
Model Notice - Paid Sick Leave & Tax Credit For Businesses On The Horizon As The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Is Signed Into Law
- Coronavirus: What All Employers Should Know
- COVID-19: Changes in The Landscape Of Unemployment Benefits, Layoffs Versus Furloughs & The WARN Act.
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What Every Employer Should Know
- Massachusetts Employer Not Allowed To Enforce Non-Compete Against Its California Employee
- U.S. Department of Labor Updates Regulations Relating to the Regular Rate Under the FLSA
- U.S. Department of Labor Implements New Overtime Rule & Increases Salary Threshold for FLSA Exemptions
Practice Areas
Employment Risk Management
Employment Litigation
- Wage and Hour
Discrimination & Harassment
Business Litigation
Tort and Contract Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Admissions
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Education
Northeastern University School of Law (J.D. 2012)
Northeastern University (B.S. 2004)