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 Michael Doherty | Feb 7, 2017 | Employment Articles, Employment Law, Uncategorized
Massachusetts law states that no person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal. MGL c. 149 s. 100. The Attorney General’s office has clarified that the 30 minute meal break period can be...
by Michael Doherty | Nov 28, 2016 | Employment Articles, Employment Law
FLSA REGULATION CHANGES WILL NO LONGER TAKE EFFECT ON DECEMBER 1, 2016 Earlier this year, we posted several messages concerning upcoming changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) which were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. Most notably, the...
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...
