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 the resignation, why resign? Let them fire you so you’ll at least get unemployment. Did [...]
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 must pay you your guaranteed salary every week and cannot deduct your pay except in [...]
Massachusetts has one of the most employee-friendly independent contractor laws in the country. The Massachusetts law makes it very difficult to establish independent contractor status. Violations of this law result in significant damages including treble damages and attorney’s fees. Contractions/Employees: If you are improperly classified as an independent contractor (ie.. paid on a 1099 form) [...]
BETTER SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL QUICKLY BEFORE YOU MISS YOUR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently held that individuals who are misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees can recover damages for up to three years of their misclassification. In most cases the statute of limitations will not be tolled, meaning, it will [...]