On August 10, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) completely preempts the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (ESTL). ...more
8/15/2018
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employment Litigation ,
Preemption ,
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) ,
Railroads ,
Remand ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Summary Judgment ,
Transportation Industry
On January 29, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that sick pay does not constitute wages under the Massachusetts Payment of Wages Law, M.G.L. c. 149, ยง 148. As a result, employers are not liable under the...more
2/1/2018
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Arbitration ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
MA Supreme Judicial Court ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Port Authority ,
Retirement ,
Sick Leave ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wages
On July 1, 2015, the Massachusetts earned sick time law took effect, requiring most Massachusetts employers to provide their employees with the right to accrue and take up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year. The law...more
On Labor Day, President Obama unveiled the latest executive branch action taking aim at federal government contractors. As labor and employment legislation has stalled in a divided Congress, the White House has again turned...more
Effective July 1, 2015, all private-sector employers in Massachusetts must provide their employees with up to 40 hours of sick leave per calendar year. Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Attorney General published proposed...more
On June 10, 2015, the Massachusetts Attorney General issued a Notice of Employee Rights (the "Notice") under the Commonwealth's new earned sick leave law, as well as a document clarifying the scope of the "safe harbor"...more
The Massachusetts Attorney General recently issued a supplemental regulation to the state's new sick leave law that aims to provide a "safe harbor" to Massachusetts employers that had qualifying paid time off ("PTO") policies...more
On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot question that requires all private-sector employers to provide employees with up to 40 hours of sick leave per calendar year....more
5/12/2015
/ Attorney General ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Policies ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Posting Requirements ,
Private Sector ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Sick Leave ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour
On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot question that requires all private sector employers to provide employees with up to 40 hours of sick leave per calendar year. Under the new law, which goes into...more