On July 31, 2024, Governor Maura Healy signed into law H.4890, creating pay transparency and data reporting requirements for qualified Massachusetts employers. With this move, Massachusetts joins a growing line of states,...more
On May 28, 2021, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law the “Act Providing for Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave.” This legislation originally reached Governor Baker in early April as part of the “Act Financing...more
Updated December 28, 2020
UPDATE: On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 [Including Coronavirus Stimulus & Relief]. On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed this legislation...more
Although Massachusetts employers presumably have been preparing for and complying with the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (“MA PFMLA”) for more than a year, January 1 marks the date when Massachusetts...more
It is no surprise that COVID-19 matters have preoccupied federal agencies in recent months.
Among the key agency developments are updates from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Department of...more
For the first time in over 60 years, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) significantly updated the standards it relies upon to determine joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new rule,...more
Late last month the Department of Labor finally released its regulations for calculating overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act.The final rule becomes effective on January 1, 2020....more
Although employees won’t be able to receive the benefits of the new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (“MAPFML”) law until 2021, employers’ obligations under the legislation begin on September 30....more
Massachusetts law permits employers to pay inside salespeople on a commission only basis, provided that the employer guarantees at least the minimum wage for all regular hours worked. However, according to a recent decision...more
The Massachusetts legislature passed significant legislation (An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave and the Sales Tax Holiday), which includes a number of important provisions impacting employers in...more
In request for an opinion with potentially significant impacts for every Massachusetts employer who pays commissions to employees, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts...more
The Massachusetts legislature last week passed significant legislation (“An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave and the Sales Tax Holiday”) which includes a number of important provisions impacting...more
As you undoubtedly know, the amendments to the Massachusetts Equal pay Act (“MEPA”), effective July 1, provide that “[n]o employer shall discriminate in any way on the basis of gender in the payment of wages, or pay any...more
Drafting Employment Applications in Massachusetts -
Massachusetts Job Application Requirements -
Several Massachusetts laws govern the information that employers must include in their written job applications....more
1/26/2017
/ At-Will Employment ,
Background Checks ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Restrooms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Sealed Records ,
Transgender ,
Wage and Hour
On November 22, 2016, a Texas federal district court judge issued an order preliminarily enjoining the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime regulations. As a result, the regulations will not go into effect on December 1st...more
Among the bills to emerge from the scrum that marked the end of the Massachusetts legislative session last month was a beefed-up Pay Equity Act. The new Act, which takes effect on July 1, 2018, replaces the state’s previous...more