

8 Severance Agreement Considerations for Employees
Is your Massachusetts employer showing you the door while providing you with a severance agreement to consider? It is advisable to go...


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...


Some reminders from the Mass Appeals Court on evidence in employment discrimination cases
Following are a few reminders from the Massachusetts Appeals Court in an employment discrimination case, Scarlett v. City of Boston, out...


I'm quoted today in Bloomberg Law on #MeToo and the increase in sexual harassment filings
This is a quick post about today's article in Bloomberg Law in which I'm quoted. The article seems to have arisen from news that the...

A cautionary tale about confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements
When an employee is handed a proposed severance agreement from an employer, many of the provisions, including the confidentiality or...


The wave of the #MeToo movement
Former federal District Court judge Nancy Gertner submitted a column in a recent edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (subscription...


Employment litigation example: a wrongful termination and whistleblower case out of Plymouth County
A 2013 lawsuit filed by a former high level employee of the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office recently settled and made it into...


A new reasonable accommodation case from the state's top court
A new case out of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the state's highest court, looks at whether a woman who had a valid...


Why does my employer's severance agreement and release say I should consult an attorney?
If you're over 40, it's because there's a law that requires it. (It's not because your employer is trying to do you any favors!) Congress...


A case study in unequal pay
The federal US Department of Labor (USDOL) recently settled a matter with the employer LexisNexis Risk Solutions where after an...