New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released information on proposed legislation that is intended to provide relief for workers who are subject to mandatory or precautionary orders of quarantine or isolation due to the COVID-19...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court limits the scope of the Wage Act to exclude sick time payments and potentially other types of contingent compensation. ...more
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, § 148. As a result, employers are not liable under the...more