Friday, September 30, 2011 Employers who decide not to pay for certain hours of work may no longer hide behind the Klinghoffer rule. That rule allowed them to "average" all hou... More >
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010 The personnel records statute has been amended to require employers to notify employees when negative information goes into the personnel record.... More >
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Novartis has settled with plaintiffs following the landmark class action verdict.... More >
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Massachusetts employees working for a Massachusetts company receive the benefit of the Massachusetts Wage Act even if they work at the company’s facil... More >
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Friday, May 14, 2010 A New York jury awarded $250 million in punitive damages for sexual discrimination in a class action on behalf of 5,600 women who worked for Novartis ... More >
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 A new Federal law requires employers to provide their working mothers a private place to breast feed and time off to do it.... More >
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 Underwriters tasked with approving loans in accordance with detailed guidelines provided by their employer are not exempt – that is, they are entitled... More >
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 Non-Competition Agreements hurt employees and businesses - a crude form of scarlet letter. Massachusetts should raise the bar and restrict the use of... More >
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Monday, September 07, 2009 Workers who are misclassified by their employers as independent contractors can finally recover they full value of the wages and benefits they should ... More >
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Friday, June 12, 2009 EDS’s written policy denying employees a payout of earned vacation upon termination violates the law.... More >
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Saturday, April 25, 2009 What happens on the reservation does not always stay on the reservation... More >
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Saturday, April 04, 2009 Employers can not coerce employees to work for free, deferring wages until some event.... More >
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Monday, March 02, 2009 Lobbyists for big business have had legislation filed to turn back the clock on Massachusetts employees. The bill, “An Act regarding treble damages” ... More >
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Gordon Law Group, LLP and Greater Boston Legal Services announced today an agreement to settle a federal class action lawsuit against Michael Bianco, ... More >
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that employers must use the prevailing rate for purposes of calculating overtime on all public work... More >
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Saturday, November 01, 2008 Undocumented workers - also known as "illegal aliens" - are protected by the overtime laws just like those who work here legally.... More >
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Friday, September 26, 2008 Favorable Wal-Mart ruling overturned. Order decertifying the Wal-Mart class action is reversed, and summary judgment on a number of issues is overtur... More >
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 Finally, the Wage Act gets its clarification. The law, which goes into effect on July 13, 2008, makes clear that Massachusetts takes violations of th... More >
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 In an opinion letter dated May 15, 2008, the DOL clarified its regulations regarding compensable time under the FLSA.... More >
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Recently the Office of the Attorney General issued an advisory on the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law, M.G.L. c. 149 § 148B, which was signif... More >
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Current and former emplyees of New Bedford's Michael Bianco, Inc., today filed a federal court class action lawsuit on behalf of more than 500 workers... More >
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 I wrote to you in December 2006, as you were assembling your transition team, about a piece of bi-partisan legislation that passed both the House and ... More >
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed that all employees who receive commissions as a part of their compensation packages, are entitled to the ... More >
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Saturday, July 07, 2007 The First Circuit has ruled that corporate officers may be held personally liable for a corporation’s failure to pay to pay its employees proper wages... More >
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 On June 11, 2007, the United States Supreme Court confirmed that a Department of Labor regulation, which states that companionship workers who are emp... More >
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Friday, November 10, 2006 Contrary to the belief of some computer industry executives, many IT Support Specialists are entitled to overtime for their work. The new Fair Labor ... More >
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Sunday, October 01, 2006 Good news and bad for light-weight vehicle operators. A recent court case confirms that truck drivers operating vehicles weighing 10,001 or less...... More >
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Friday, September 08, 2006 Managing Partner Philip Gordon was a guest on WIX-AM's "Money Matters" show with host Barry Armstrong, on September 8, 2006...... More >
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Thursday, September 07, 2006 Today, just three days after Labor Day, Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a bi-partisan bill clarifying provisions of the law protecting a workers’ right to... More >
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Monday, September 04, 2006 Managing prtner Philip Gordon was an in-studio guest on WBZ-AM's "The Paul Sullivan Show," on September 4, 2006 along with...... More >
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Thursday, August 31, 2006 The Massachusetts Senate and House have enacted a bi-partisan bill designed to protect workers from unscrupulous employers who withhold wages, salarie... More >
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Monday, August 07, 2006 Internal complaints of wage violations are sufficient for protection... More >
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Monday, May 01, 2006 A Federal District Court has denied a motion to dismiss a claim brought by employees seeking to bring a class action lawsuit... ... More >
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the arrest of seven current and former managers of IFCO...... More >
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Saturday, April 01, 2006 Recently, several large financial services firms, including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS, have paid more than $160 million to settle... ... More >
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Thursday, December 01, 2005 A recent Massachusetts Superior Court case held that the firing a minority shareholder by the majority shareholders in a closely held corporation was.... More >
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Friday, July 29, 2005 Decision clarifies the definition of an employer under the Massachusetts Wage Act.... More >
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Testimony of Philip Gordon before the Labor and Workforce Development Committee in support of H.3775 to clarify the Wage Act.... More >
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Thursday, June 09, 2005 An employer's use of email was insufficient to notify employees regarding a new mandatory arbitration policy.... More >
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 DOL has issued new rules revising the criteria used to determine whether employees may be classified as "exempt" (e.g., salaried) from the overtime an... More >
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