The state Personnel Records Act, G.L.c. 149, §52C, provides that employees who disagree with any information placed in their personnel records may submit for the record a written statement explaining their position. The SJC recently held that an at-will employee could bring a wrongful discharge claim in response to being fired after he filed a [...]
Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. However, most other state laws and the Federal anti-discrimination law do not explicitly provide for protections based on sexual orientation. This may soon change. In a recent Seventh Circuit decision, the Appeals Court held that discriminatory conduct based on one’s sexual orientation is protected under [...]
When an employee reports discrimination, harassment, wage violations, of unsafe working conditions to their employer, they expect to do so without fear of retaliation or retribution. Unfortunately that is not always the case. Some managers cross the bounds of appropriate conduct and engage in harassment and/or adversely affect an employee’s employment status such as denying [...]
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 [...]
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 forms, harassment policy, employee handbook receipt, non compete agreement and a confidentiality agreement. You diligently [...]
Five important facts about getting paid You are owed all of your earned wages in a timely fashion. Your employer cannot require you to defer your wages or agree to be paid at a later date if the company is in financial trouble. If you leave your job you are entitled to be paid for [...]