Massachusetts Employment Law Blog

A Must Read, and not Just for Gender Bias! The Latest from Harvard Business Review and Cecchi-Dimeglio on The Corrupting Power of Gender Bias Workplace bias continues to shape careers, distort institutional decisions, and silently undermine talent. Recent analysis published by the global business publisher Harvard Business Review highlights critical research from behavioral scientist Iris…

Leaked Documents Make Clear: Call Them Anything but “Employee” Recent revelations from leaked internal records have provided rare visibility into corporate strategies designed to avoid employee classification. These documents underline a growing national legal battle over employee misclassification, contractor-only labeling, and how far companies will go to justify independent contractor status even when workplace control…

Philip Gordon, attorney at the law firm Gordon LLP, testified on labor hiring law before the government committee, the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development, on the use of credit reports during hiring. The hearing occurred on April 4, 2017, and addressed proposed legislation that would regulate how employers use credit checks during the…

Oxford Comma Decides Court Case in Maine Labor DisputeFor the grammar nerds in all of us, a single punctuation mark recently influenced the outcome of a major workers’ rights decision. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on a Maine labor dispute in which the meaning of overtime protections under state wage…

Gretchen Carlson: How Arbitration Clauses Allow Sexual Harassment to Continue Workplace arbitration clauses have become one of the most debated areas in modern employment law. Media figure and workplace rights advocate Gretchen Carlson recently shared a firsthand account about arbitration clauses and sexual harassment, offering rare visibility into how these agreements can affect reporting options,…

Entrepreneur Magazine: 7 things You Must Do Before Quitting Your Job or You’re Screwed A widely shared piece by the business media publisher Entrepreneur Magazine recently outlined essential quitting job advice for professionals considering resignation. The article underscores a key point many workers underestimate: career transitions must be planned with the same diligence used when…

EEOC Charges Climbing The government agency U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released its annual enforcement data covering fiscal year 2016. The report confirms that workplace discrimination filings increased across every protected class, demonstrating a nationwide shift toward higher reporting rates, stronger enforcement scrutiny, broader retaliation awareness, expanded disability rights interpretation, increased record preservation before…

Gordon Law Group on “Channel 5 Investigates”! The newsroom program Channel 5 Investigates recently interviewed attorneys Philip Gordon and Elizabeth Rodgers of the law firm Gordon LLP regarding their latest jury verdict in a workplace discrimination dispute. The segment also featured commentary from their client, Russell Lopes, who successfully challenged the City of Brockton over…

Gordon and Rodgers to Judge Mock Trials at Yale University Employment law attorneys Philip Gordon and Elizabeth Rodgers of Gordon LLP have been invited to serve as Yale University Mock Trial guest judges at the Annual Mock Trial Competition, hosted this weekend by Yale University. Mock trial programs play a critical role in shaping the…

Brockton Discrimination Class Action Jury Verdict Triggers City Investigation The city of Brockton, Massachusetts has announced a formal investigation following a significant $4.05M jury verdict secured by employment attorneys at Gordon LLP. The verdict was delivered in a discrimination class action trial involving 38 minority applicants represented by Gordon Law Group, LLP, on behalf of…