As states across the country begin to ease workplace restrictions responding to COVID-19, New York will require employers to take steps, almost immediately, to avert another pandemic. The New York legislature recently enacted...more
Having survived the holiday shopping season, retailers should begin to prepare for any new employment laws that will go into effect in the coming year (and, of course, should ensure that they are complying with existing...more
1/18/2018
/ Anti-Bullying Laws ,
Breastfeeding ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Contract ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
If you employ a nanny or housecleaner in Massachusetts, read on -- you probably are impacted by a new law. In particular, families and individuals who hire domestic workers to provide housekeeping, childcare and other...more
Effective April 7, 2015, Massachusetts employers with six or more employees must provide childbirth leave on a gender neutral basis. Under a new Parental Leave Act law (“PLA”) signed by former Governor Deval Patrick on the...more
As we ring in the New Year, many employers take the opportunity to review their personnel policies to ensure that they are up to date. Leave laws often are at the forefront of new developments. Here in Massachusetts, voters...more