<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ Gordon Law Group: LawBlog]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts</link><description><![CDATA[ Gordon Law Group: The Employee Advocates.]]> </description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[ Klinghoffer Finally Rejected!]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=77</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Amendment to the Massachusetts Personnel Records Statute]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=76</guid><description><![CDATA[ The personnel records statute has been amended to require employers to notify employees when negative information goes into the personnel record.]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Novartis settles class action gender discrimination for $152 million]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=75</guid><description><![CDATA[ Novartis has settled with plaintiffs following the landmark class action verdict.]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Overtime Laws Apply to Employee Working in Another State]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=78</guid><description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts employees working for a Massachusetts company receive the benefit of the Massachusetts Wage Act even if they work at the company’s facil]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Novartis hit with landmark $250 million punitive damage award for gender discrimination]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=74</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Nursing mothers must have time and space to pump milk]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=73</guid><description><![CDATA[ A new Federal law requires employers to provide their working mothers a private place to breast feed and time off to do it.]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Underwriters are entitled to overtime pay]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=71</guid><description><![CDATA[ Underwriters tasked with approving loans in accordance with detailed guidelines provided by their employer are not exempt – that is, they are entitled]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Non-Competition Agreements:  The Business Form of Scarlet Letter]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=57</guid><description><![CDATA[ Non-Competition Agreements hurt employees and businesses - a crude form of scarlet letter.  Massachusetts should raise the bar and restrict the use of]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Relief for people who are misclassified as Independent Contractors]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=58</guid><description><![CDATA[ Workers who are misclassified by their employers as independent contractors can finally recover they full value of the wages and benefits they should ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Employers can not deny employees their earned vacation]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=56</guid><description><![CDATA[ EDS’s written policy denying employees a payout of earned vacation upon termination violates the law.]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Workers on Indian reservations protected by overtime laws]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=54</guid><description><![CDATA[ What happens on the reservation does not always stay on the reservation]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Agreements to defer salary violate the Wage Act]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=55</guid><description><![CDATA[ Employers can not coerce employees to work for free, deferring wages until some event.]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Wage Act opponents filing new laws to turn back the clock on workers (H3583)]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=49</guid><description><![CDATA[ Lobbyists for big business have had legislation filed to turn back the clock on Massachusetts employees.  The bill, “An Act regarding treble damages” ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ New Bedford factory agrees to settle Federal wage and overtime lawsuit for $850,000]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=33</guid><description><![CDATA[ Gordon Law Group, LLP and Greater Boston Legal Services announced today an agreement to settle a federal class action lawsuit against Michael Bianco, ]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Prevailing rate is the regular rate for purposes of calculating overtime]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=48</guid><description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that employers must use the prevailing rate for purposes of calculating overtime on all public work]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Undocumented workers protected by overtime laws]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=53</guid><description><![CDATA[ Undocumented workers - also known as "illegal aliens" - are protected by the overtime laws just like those who work here legally.]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Class action against Wal-Mart goes forward & Meal breaks have value]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=47</guid><description><![CDATA[ Favorable Wal-Mart ruling overturned.  Order decertifying the Wal-Mart class action is reversed, and summary judgment on a number of issues is overtur]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Triple damages now mandatory for non-payment of wages]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=46</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ US DOL clarifies the meaning of Compensable Time under the FLSA]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=45</guid><description><![CDATA[ In an opinion letter dated May 15, 2008, the DOL clarified its regulations regarding compensable time under the FLSA.]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Attorney General Issues Advisory on the Independent Contractor Law]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=44</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Michael Bianco workers claim wages owed: class action lawsuit filed for overtime and unpaid wages]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=20</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Open letter to Governor Patrick on Mandatory Treble Damages]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=43</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ All commissions are recoverable under the Massachusetts Wage Act]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=42</guid><description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed that all employees who receive commissions as a part of their compensation packages, are entitled to the ]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Corporate officers may be personally liable for a corporation’s failure to pay employees proper wages under the FLSA]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=41</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Massachusetts workers who provide home “Companionship Services” are entitled to receive overtime compensation despite a recent US Supreme Court decision]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=40</guid><description><![CDATA[ On June 11, 2007, the United States Supreme Court confirmed that a Department of Labor regulation, which states that companionship workers who are emp]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Overtime required for the IT help desk worker]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=39</guid><description><![CDATA[ Contrary to the belief of some computer industry executives, many IT Support Specialists are entitled to overtime for their work.  The new Fair Labor ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Confirmed…for now:  Motor Carrier overtime exemption no longer applies to small truck drivers]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=30</guid><description><![CDATA[ Good news and bad for light-weight vehicle operators. A recent court case confirms that truck drivers operating vehicles weighing 10,001 or less...]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ My interview on WBIX's "Money Matters" ]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=15</guid><description><![CDATA[ Managing Partner Philip Gordon was a guest on WIX-AM's "Money Matters" show with host Barry Armstrong, on September 8, 2006...]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Romney vetoes important legislation protecting Massachusetts workers and the Massachusetts economy]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=38</guid><description><![CDATA[ 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]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ My interview on WBZ-AM's "The Paul Sullivan Show"]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=14</guid><description><![CDATA[ Managing prtner Philip Gordon was an in-studio guest on WBZ-AM's "The Paul Sullivan Show," on September 4, 2006 along with...]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ On eve of Labor Day Weekend, Legislature sends wage enforcement bill to Governor Romeny’s desk]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=37</guid><description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Senate and House have enacted a bi-partisan bill designed to protect workers from unscrupulous employers who withhold wages, salarie]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees who make internal allegations of wage violations – Whistleblowing protections]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=35</guid><description><![CDATA[ Internal complaints of wage violations are sufficient for protection]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Company’s attempt to enforce class-action waiver held unconscionable]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=29</guid><description><![CDATA[ A Federal District Court has denied a motion to dismiss a claim brought by employees seeking to bring a class action lawsuit... ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Worksite immigration sweeps are back]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=27</guid><description><![CDATA[ The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the arrest of seven current and former managers of IFCO...]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Stockbrokers may not be exempt employees]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=26</guid><description><![CDATA[ Recently, several large financial services firms, including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS, have paid more than $160 million to settle... ]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ At-Will rules may not apply to Employee/Shareholder in closely held corporations]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=25</guid><description><![CDATA[ A recent Massachusetts Superior Court case held that the firing a minority shareholder by the majority shareholders in a closely held corporation was.]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Outside investor may be liable for payment of wages]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=24</guid><description><![CDATA[ Decision clarifies the definition of an employer under the Massachusetts Wage Act.]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Testimony of Philip Gordon before the Labor and Workforce Development Committee]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=34</guid><description><![CDATA[ Testimony of Philip Gordon before the Labor and Workforce Development Committee in support of H.3775 to clarify the Wage Act.]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Email notification may be insufficient to enforce company’s arbitration polic]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=23</guid><description><![CDATA[ An employer's use of email was insufficient to notify employees regarding a new mandatory arbitration policy.]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ DOL changes the “White Collar” Exemptions to FLSA]]> </title><link>http://www.gordonllp.com/alerts/view.aspx?id=36</link><guid 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