As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more
1/9/2025
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Bias ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Green Cards ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Minimum Salary ,
NFL ,
NLRB ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Race Discrimination ,
Racial Bias ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SolarWinds ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On July 31, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) signed into law a bill that is intended to increase wage transparency and close the gender-based wage gap in the Commonwealth. The law, which will take effect August 1,...more
The players say, “No thanks.”
Florida and California are seen as polar opposites when it comes to policy and lawmaking. However, there is at least one thing they seem to agree on – minor league baseball players should be...more
2/27/2024
/ Baseball ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Salary ,
MLB ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Sports ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Bill Belichick is considered by many to be the greatest coach in the history of the National Football League, including many people in Massachusetts. Over a 24-year career as their head coach, Mr. Belichick led the New...more
Know your employees.
On November 17, OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, announced that it had removed Sam Altman as the company’s CEO. Mr. Altman has been a long-time well-respected...more
Something to think about.
In his recent book, Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work, economist and University of California-San Diego professor Uri Gneezy examines how incentives of various kinds can and do modify...more
Help wanted. Since March 2022, the Federal Reserve has increased its target interest rate from a range of 0.25-0.50 percent to 5.25-5.50 percent, the steepest rate increases in four decades. The purpose of the increases was...more
Will Congress go for it?
On April 3, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to the first-ever collective bargaining agreement covering minor league baseball players. As I previously discussed, this...more
The pandemic altered some employment norms.
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered a variety of employment norms. There is considerable debate about which changes are transient and which are more durable, particularly given...more
What do the experts have to say?
There is no shortage of news about employment and workplace trends and issues, but much of the commentary lacks a strong evidentiary basis. For example, while “quiet quitting” made...more
The absence of job dissatisfaction is not job satisfaction.
The United States is experiencing a historically tight and transient labor market. Employers seeking to remain competitive in such a market would be wise to...more
On January 25, the Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced $440,000 in fines against Dutch Maid Bakery, a wholesale bakery in Dorchester, and staffing agencies used by the bakery, for...more
2/1/2023
/ California ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State Attorneys General ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
In December 2020, the New York City Council passed the Wrongful Discharge Law, which prohibited fast food employers from terminating employees “except for just cause or for a bona fide economic reason.” A bill has now been...more
The game has changed.
On August 29, the Major League Baseball Players Association, the union representing players in Major League Baseball, announced that it was assisting players in Minor League Baseball in seeking to...more