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.
Court Provides Employers with Roadmap to Ensure Proper Employee Versus Independent Contractor Classification
By: Greg Vanden-Eykel, Esq. On July 13, 2022, the Massachusetts [...]
EEOC Updates Its Guidance To Address COVID-19 Workplace Testing
By: Michelle M. De Oliveira, Esq. On July 12, [...]
Does The Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act Cover a Salesperson’s Sale of Her Book of Business?
By: Laura M. Raisty, Esq. The Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement [...]
Employees Have a Statutory Right to Rebut Information Placed in Their Personnel Records and Cannot Be Terminated or Retaliated Against for Exercising Their Right
By: Laura M. Raisty, Esq. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial [...]
Massachusetts Federal Court Awards Employer $1.6 Million for Former Employee’s Breach of A Non-Compete
By: Andrew M. Winston, Esq. On March 28, 2022, [...]
The FLSA Preempts Massachusetts’ Wage Act When the FLSA Provides the Sole Basis for an Employee to Recover Unpaid Overtime Wages
By: Greg Vanden-Eykel, Esq. [...]