employment law
Employers Become OSHA Investigators Under Updated Virus Rules
ASK WHEN YOU LEARN OSHA standards for COVID 19, updated on May 19, 2020, uses reporting requirements to turn employers into investigators of their own… Read More »Employers Become OSHA Investigators Under Updated Virus Rules
Updated Pay Rates Apply on Mass Public Jobs – Whether the employer gets the update memo or not.
Mass SJC 2019 case Donis v American Waste Services LLC Parties Employee = Donis Employer = AWS LLC Public Entities = Towns State Department of… Read More »Updated Pay Rates Apply on Mass Public Jobs – Whether the employer gets the update memo or not.
Another Massachusetts Wage Act Case – Agency That Issued Paychecks as Intermediary Only – is not Employer
A personal care attendant provided care for an elderly consumer paid for by Mass Health (Medicaid). The pay checks were issued by an agency CPM. … Read More »Another Massachusetts Wage Act Case – Agency That Issued Paychecks as Intermediary Only – is not Employer
Arbitration Pulls in Corporation That Didn’t Exist When Principals Agreed to Arbitrate
Where arbitration has been agreed to, no claims reach court. Courts are constantly called upon to describe the boundaries of this absolute exclusion. In a… Read More »Arbitration Pulls in Corporation That Didn’t Exist When Principals Agreed to Arbitrate
Mass Court Picks Pot Case to Remind Employers That Discussions of Accommodation Are Needed
A medical marijuana case set the table for Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court to remind employers that there needs to be discussion of accommodation whenever a… Read More »Mass Court Picks Pot Case to Remind Employers That Discussions of Accommodation Are Needed
Risks for Growing Middle Sized Companies
Review of No Man’s Land – A Survival Guide for Growing Midsize Companies by Doug Tatum Portfolio Books 2008 This book is aimed at… Read More »Risks for Growing Middle Sized Companies
Cubicle Denizen’s OT Claim for Working Through Lunch OK’ed by Judges
Payroll is getting treacherous to administer. In another in the line of worker-friendly payroll decisions, a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court case Vitali v Reit Management… Read More »Cubicle Denizen’s OT Claim for Working Through Lunch OK’ed by Judges
More & More Massachusetts Wage Law Claims
Employees and ex-employees are suing under the Massachusetts Wage Act and a recent decision clarifies what all they can collect in such suits. In Wessell… Read More »More & More Massachusetts Wage Law Claims
Punitive award stripped where retaliation but no actual damages found
What kind of retaliatory conduct in employment supports a $1.1M punitive verdict? Not this kind. KIELY v TERADYNE, INC. 85 Mass App Ct… Read More »Punitive award stripped where retaliation but no actual damages found