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In Lambirth v. Advanced Auto, Inc. et al., the United States District Court of Massachusetts held that the plaintiff’s federal overtime payments should be regarded as “wages” for the purposes of the ...
According to the Immigrant Learning Center, 14.4% of all Massachusetts residents are immigrants. 71.7% of immigrants participate in the labor force, and the unemployment rate for foreign-born ...
On July 27, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees and bans termination or hiring ...
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there were 91,503 total employment discrimination charges in 2016. This statistic is staggering, but it does not paint the whole picture. In ...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision in Blanchard v. Steward Carney that fundamentally changes how Massachusetts courts will apply the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against ...
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , sexual harassment includes unwelcome advances and requests for sexual favors. Sexual harassment also includes other types of verbal or ...