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...
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...
Congress passes COVID-19 related leave of absence legislation
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) went into effect on April 1, 2020. There are primarily two provisions relevant to...
Donis v. American Waste Services, LLC: the Appeals Court reaffirms long-held wage law principles
A recent Massachusetts Appeals Court case reaffirms two long-held principles under the Massachusetts wage laws: that 1) certain corporate...
Massachusetts minimum wage is going up
The Massachusetts minimum wage will continue to go up each year on January 1 until 2023 in the following steps: January 1, 2021 --...
A call from the Supreme Judicial Court on the (non)uniformity of employment classification statutes
In Ives Camargo's Case, issued today, the highest court in Massachusetts confirmed that there are varying statutory tests to determine...
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 is the Massachusetts minimum wage?
As of January 1, 2017, the minimum wage in Massachusetts is $11.00 for most jobs. There are a few -- though only a few -- exceptions to...
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...