The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, along with several other states, is challenging retail stores’ use of “on call” shifts. This month, Massachusetts joined with California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York and Rhode Island to send requests for information regarding the use of “on call” shifts to 15 national retailers that
Non-compete agreements continue to be a hot issue in Massachusetts.
I recently did a seminar on the state of non-competes and the items pending on Beacon Hill this legislative session.
To view a 15 minute clip from this presentation, click here.
When the ball drops on New Year’s Eve two important changes to Massachusetts wage and hour law will take place.
The first change is that the Massachusetts minimum wage will increase to $10.00 per hour effective January 1, 2016. For tipped employees, the minimum wage is increasing to $3.35 per hour. (The service rate is
You have probably heard that effective July 1, 2015, Massachusetts enacted a new sick time law. There has been much discussion about its impact on companies located in Massachusetts. However, one aspect that has been overlooked is its impact on out-of-state businesses which have employees in Massachusetts. Any company with employees performing work in
Late last week, Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healey, issued the long-awaited final regulations for the implementation of the Commonwealth’s Earned Sick Time Law. The issuance of the final regulations follows a series of public hearings and information sessions, and comes just in advance of the law’s July 1 effective date.
In addition to providing general
With the July 1 effective date for the new Massachusetts earned sick time law looming, the anxiety level of employers is on the rise. Proposed regulations for implementing the law are yet to be finalized, and payroll providers are still working through how
Ever since Massachusetts voters approved the new Earned Sick Time Law last November, employers have been asking questions about how the law will be implemented, and what effect it will have on existing paid time off policies. Some of these questions are finally being answered. Last Friday, Attorney General Maura Healey filed draft regulations with the Secretary of State spelling out her proposal for how the technical details of the law will work.
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I recently attended a 2-day training program in Boston conducted by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) called Conducting Internal Discrimination Complaint Investigations. This was a high quality training program that incorporated carefully thought out modules with practical exercises conducted by Rebecca Shuster, Director of Training at MCAD, and Attorney Judy S. Kalisker, Principal, Compliance
On April 1, 2015, a new law that vastly expands the rights and protections afforded to domestic workers went into effect in Massachusetts. The “Domestic Workers Bill of Rights” grants domestic workers a slew of new workplace protections, including a broader definition of compensable “working time,” mandatory rest days for full-time workers, privacy protections, a
