Massachusetts New Sick Time Law
Under the new law, organizations with eleven or more employees will be required to provide paid sick time, while organizations with fewer than eleven employees must provide unpaid sick time. Below are the highlights: Employees can earn and use up [...]
Can My Employer Deduct Wages From My Paycheck Without My Permission
The rules around the timeliness and money to be included in final checks are quite clear, and employers in Massachusetts are only allowed to reduce your final pay check in very limited situations. When you leave a job, you are [...]
Are You Being Forced to Resign?
DON’T AGREE TO ANYTHING BEFORE READING BELOW Here are the top 5 things to think about before you sign a forced resignation: Are you being offered anything? If you aren’t being offered severance or something of value in exchange for [...]
Employee Pay Discrimination in Boston: Wage Claim
Are you docked pay even though you are a salaried employee? You could be entitled to overtime pay! Employees who are exempt under the FLSA are not entitled to overtime. In order to qualify as an exempt employee, the employer [...]
Breastfeeding Mothers in the Workplace
State and federal laws currently prohibit discrimination of an employee based on pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions during pregnancy. On March 23, 2010, President Obama expanded protections for nursing mothers, when he signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care [...]
I didn’t even know I had a non-compete agreement!
You’ve been searching for a job and finally you get an offer for a great job! You come in on your first day and are given a stack of papers to sign. Included in this stack of papers are tax [...]