Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) is here
As of January 2021, many workers in Massachusetts will be eligible to apply for paid family leave benefits and/or paid medical leave...
Employment at will in the US
A recent op-ed in the New York Times advocates for the imposition of just cause employment to be passed as part of any employment reform...
Legislative update: Massachusetts paid family leave
Yesterday, the state legislature's Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hearing on the paid family leave bills...
About 1 in 4 Americans are taking family leave to care for a sick family member
A new study out from Pew provides some insights about Americans' caregiving as relates to their jobs. Some of the findings: About...
"I was bullied and retaliated against for reporting sales integrity issues."
I don't write about my own clients for obvious reasons. The recent news stories about retaliation against whistleblowing Wells Fargo...
"You've been on maternity leave for a while."
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -- the federal agency responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws --...
The purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act
As part of a series of how we as a country have decided to treat employees with serious medical issues, I include below the Congressional...
Micromanage, change the rules, play games, lower pay: an HR memo on how to get employees to quit
I've been an employment lawyer for more than ten years. Before that, when I applied to the Massachusetts bar at age 30 and had to list...
Evil HR Lady: Hire an employment lawyer
Evil HR Lady, a Human Resources professional who has been trying to -- in her words "demystify your Human Resources Department" by way of...
Paid parental leave: the state of the US/Massachusetts v the world
The Washington Post recently had a story and some nice graphics comparing paid maternity leave laws across the world. It noted that the...