NLRB Adopts New Framework to Evaluate Whether a Workplace Policy is Lawful
By: Michelle De Oliveira and Greg Vanden-Eykel, Esq. On August [...]
Supreme Court of the United States Requires Employers to Reconsider Procedures for Handling Employee Requests for Religious Accommodations
By: Greg Vanden-Eykel, Esq. Employers have long known of their [...]
Broad Confidentiality And Non-Disclosure Provisions Struck Down As Unlawful in McLaren Macomb, Drastically Changing The Legal Landscape
By: Michelle M. De Oliveira, Esq. and Herling Romero, Esq. [...]
Michelle De Oliveira Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Director Michelle De Oliveira was recently quoted in an article [...]
Rhode Island Pay Equity Act: Questions And Answers For Employers
By: Greg Vanden-Eykel, Esq. On January 1, 2023, the Rhode [...]
Federal Trade Commission Proposes Rule To Ban Non-Competition Agreements
By: Michelle De Oliveira, Esq. On January 5, 2023, the [...]
Plaintiff Succeeds In Establishing Prima Facie Case Of Age Discrimination Where Employer’s Overarching Discriminatory Animus Tainted an Otherwise Neutral Reduction In Force Decision
By: Michelle M. De Oliveira, Esq. and Andrew M. Winston, [...]
First Circuit Re-Examines the Administrative Exemption Test Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
By: Herling Romero, Esq. In a recent U.S. Court of [...]
DOL’s Proposed Rule Regarding Independent Contractor Classification
By: Brittany M. Darcy, Esq. On October 13, 2022, the [...]
PFML Update: Employers Must Issue 2023 Rate Sheet by December 2, 2022, Provide Employee Notice, and Publish Updated PFML Workplace Poster
By: Michelle M. De Oliveira, Esq. As the year is coming to an end, there have been a series of PFML updates from the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (the “Department”). Employers must take the necessary steps discussed below to ensure compliance, and in short, distribute the updated 2023 PFML rate sheets by December 2, 2022, and timely distribute and/or publish the 2023 mandatory workplace poster and employee notice.