Expanded and Extended: Massachusetts COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
As detailed in a prior post, since the end of May 2021, employers have been required to make paid leave time available to Massachusetts...
Massachusetts COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
On May 28, 2021, Governor Baker signed legislation providing every full-time employee up to 40 hours of job-protected, emergency paid...
Salary confidentiality policies no more
I wanted to touch briefly on those employment policies sometimes found in employee handbooks that ban employees from discussing their pay...
I was fired right before my bonus/ commission was due. Don't they still owe it to me?
It's possible. These cases theoretically implicate a couple of different laws and doctrines, including breach of contract, the...
What are some illegal wage payment practices in Massachusetts?
A recent story from the LA Times on illegal wage payment practices begins by setting out the following scenario: After a week of 10-hour...
Can my Massachusetts restaurant employer require tip-pooling?
The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office enforces the wage and hour laws, including the Massachusetts Tips Law. I used to work there...
All too common: unpaid overtime, timecard shaving, minimum wage, and nonpayment of wages
A New York Times editorial today highlights a sadly common issue among service workers -- "unpaid overtime, misrecording of timecards to...
Q&A on the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law
One year ago, on July 1, 2015, the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law went into effect. As of July 1, 2015 (or if you started work after...
Of lunch ladies and school janitors: a case study in (un)equal pay
Since one case went very badly for lunch ladies in Everett in the 1990s, advocates have been trying to tighten up the Massachusetts Equal...