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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An overview of the EEOC's updated Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Retaliation
The federal employment discrimination laws depend on the willingness of employees and applicants to challenge discrimination without fear...
Retaliation against whistleblowers: a new case from the Massachusetts Appeals Court
I've been speaking with a lot of people recently who have been subject to retaliation resulting from their whistle-blowing activities....