In the employment world, April showers bring regulatory updates impacting employers and employees throughout the country. We’ve provided brief updates below, along with links to our other posts providing more detail on each...more
4/15/2019
/ Association Health Plans ,
COBRA ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Excise Tax ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Hiring & Firing ,
IRS ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Public Comment ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
White-Collar Exemptions
“Ban the Box” laws prohibit or limit an employer’s ability to ask a job applicant about his or her criminal record. States, counties and cities have enacted this legislation to help applicants with criminal records combat...more
With the summer kicking off, it is a good opportunity for employers to review and refresh their employment practices to ensure compliance with developments on the federal, state and legal landscape. This Bubbler Post will...more
6/7/2018
/ Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Now that January has come to an end, and we’ve navigated compliance with our own resolutions and employment obligations (as discussed on our latest post on The Bubbler), we’re going to take a look at a few topics of...more
2/8/2018
/ Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Local Ordinance ,
New Legislation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
What is happening in employment law? We will be providing you with quick employment law updates on a bi-monthly basis in a new series called “The Bubbler.” It will let you know what’s what and who’s who in the...more
9/9/2017
/ Charitable Donations ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hurricane Harvey ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Over-Time ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination
Being connected to not just your friends, but their friends and their friends’ friends (it’s all six degrees of separation, right?) means that it’s become increasingly hard to stay anonymous when using an online dating...more
In the final weeks before the end of the legislative session, the Massachusetts House and State both addressed major pieces of labor and employment legislation. However, although the legislature passed S.2119, an Act to...more
8/11/2016
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Credit Checks ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Baker ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pay Equity Act (PEA) ,
State and Local Government ,
Transgender ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
The obligation to accommodate a disabled employee is an ongoing one; a doctor’s note may not be a prerequisite to engage in the interactive process – those are two important lessons that employers should take away from a...more