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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