by dcdclaw | Apr 9, 2018 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law
On August 1, 2016, Governor Baker signed into law An Act to Establish Pay Equity (the “Act”). The Act goes into effect on July 1, 2018. The Act prohibits discrimination in payment of wages on the basis of gender. The article below is the first in our series of... by dcdclaw | Oct 8, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law
On August 1, 2016, Governor Baker signed into law An Act to Establish Pay Equity (the “Act”). The Act does not go into effect, until July 1, 2018, and it is too early to tell how it will affect Massachusetts employers. In this article we present a general overview of... by dcdclaw | Sep 21, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law
The United States Department of Labor recently made significant changes to the regulations concerning overtime pay for certain employees, which will become effective on December 1, 2016. This week’s article, the final installment in our series, examines the steps... by dcdclaw | Sep 20, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law
The United States Department of Labor recently made significant changes to the regulations concerning overtime pay for certain employees, which will become effective on December 1, 2016. This week’s article examines the changes to the FLSA’s exemption for “Highly... by dcdclaw | Sep 7, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law
The United States Department of Labor recently made significant changes to the regulations concerning overtime pay for certain employees, which will become effective on December 1, 2016. The article below, the first in a series of articles examining these changes,... by dcdclaw | Jun 23, 2015 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law
The final version of the Attorney General’s Regulations, which interpret the new Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law, was released on Friday, June 19, 2015. The final Regulations have a number of significant changes from the draft Regulations issued earlier this...