As the zero hour for Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) approaches, employers need to dust off their leave policies and prepare to coordinate them with PFML in 2021.
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Equality in Pay Laws and How Companies are Addressing Them: Like California and New York, as of July 1, 2018, Massachusetts’ Act to Establish Pay Equity promotes salary transparency, restricts employers from asking candidates...more
12/3/2018
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Employment Contract ,
Equal Pay ,
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Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Marijuana ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
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State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
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
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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
In 2014, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Labor (DOL) to update the regulations defining which workers are protected by the Fair Labor Standard Act's (FSLA) minimum wage and...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