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What the FTC’s New Rule on Non-Competes Means for M&A and Private Equity Transactions

By now you have probably heard of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s rule to ban most post-employment non-compete agreements... While much of the conversation has naturally focused on the rule’s significant impact on...more

The DOL Issues a Final Rule Returning the Independent Contractor Classification Analysis under the FLSA to a More...

The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently issued a final rule (the "2024 Rule") which reverts the independent contractor analysis back to a multifactor, totality-of-the-circumstances review that, as compared to the...more

Pay Transparency Law on the Horizon for Massachusetts Employers

Massachusetts is on track to join the growing number of jurisdictions, among them California (as we discuss here), Colorado, New York (discussed here), and Washington, in passing wage transparency legislation. While some...more

10/30/2023  /  EEO-1 , Jurisdiction , Pay Transparency

Supreme Court Clarifies the Meaning “Salary Basis” Under Federal Overtime Law

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that an employee who earned in excess of $200,000 annually was entitled to overtime pay because he did not qualify for the FLSA’s highly compensated employee exemption. This decision –...more

Employers Making FLSA Administrative Exemption Classification Determinations Should Make Note of a New First Circuit Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently clarified the test to evaluate the application of an often-utilized administrative exemption from the FLSA’s overtime requirements. Specifically, in Walsh v. Unitil...more

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Wages Due Solely Under the Federal Overtime Statute (FLSA) Are Not Trebled Under...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) – Massachusetts’ highest court – recently held in Devaney v. Zucchini Gold that employees who prove only a violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) are not...more

The Massachusetts High Court Holds That Employers Are Now Automatically Liable For Treble Wage Damages for Any Untimely Paid Final...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) – Massachusetts’ highest court – recently held that under the Massachusetts Wage Act (“Wage Act”) employees are entitled to automatic treble wage damages – that is, three times...more

Part Eight of the COVID-19 Roadmap Series: Avoiding COVID-19 Wage & Hour and Labor Law Pitfalls

In Part Eight of our Roadmap Series, we take a closer look at wage and hour compliance concerns that may arise during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what employers can do to minimize these pitfalls. Remember that wage and hour...more

March Sadness: How Not to Drop the Ball When a RIF is on Your Schedule

No matter how long you’ve played the game, administering a Reduction-in-Force or RIF is never easy. In fact, it is often painful not only because they are difficult to administer, but because of the toll it takes on the...more

2016 Massachusetts Employment Law Year In Review

2016 Massachusetts Employment Law Year in Review - From case law interpreting one of, if not, the most employee-friendly independent contractor statute in the country to Beacon Hill’s efforts to pass non-competition...more

The Saga Continues on the Fate of the DOL’s Overtime Rule

Just before Thanksgiving, a Texas federal court judge issued an injunction blocking the closely-watched new federal overtime rule from taking effect as scheduled on December 1, 2016. As expected, the DOL is not going quietly...more

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