Business | Employment Law | Human Resources | Workforce
FTC Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a new regulation banning the use of most non-compete agreements…
Filter by topic
Business | Employment Law | Human Resources | Workforce
Biden Administration Enacts Overtime, Non-Compete Changes
By Sam Larson Vice President of Government Affairs The Biden Administration this week enacted two significant employment-law changes…
April 26, 2024
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law | Human Resources | Workforce
HR Professionals: Be Mindful of Antitrust Law
By Chris Deubert Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP Maybe don’t get a drink with your competitor. These are not easy times to…
March 28, 2024
Read MoreEmployment Law | Human Resources
Employee Awarded Unemployment Benefits after Vaccine Refusal
While it may seem that the world has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, cases related to employer…
March 18, 2024
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law | Human Resources | Workforce
Court Strikes Down NLRB Joint-Employer Rule
A federal judge in Texas recently struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint-employer rule, which…
March 18, 2024
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law | Workforce
Employer Issues May Reach November Ballot
By Sam Larson Vice President, Government Affairs Several issues of interest to Massachusetts employers remain in the running…
March 17, 2024
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law | Human Resources | Workforce
Design Incentives to Improve Employee Performance
By Chris Deubert Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP Give your employees something to think about. In his recent book, Mixed Signals: How…
March 17, 2024
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law | Workforce
AIM to Lead Effort on Skills-Based Hiring
The state’s largest business association announced today that it would assume a leadership role in helping Massachusetts employers…
February 5, 2024
Read MoreEmployment Law | Human Resources
Ask the Helpline | What Constitutes Undue Hardship
Question When trying to determine what is a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), I…
November 14, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
AIM ALERT: Two Major Changes to Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Coming Soon to Massachusetts
Massachusetts employers should be on notice of two significant changes to the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave…
October 13, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
SJC Will Revisit Pay for Commissioned Sales Employees
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) will hear arguments this week in a furniture store’s challenge to a…
October 3, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
Were Commissions Due on Final Day of Work?
Non-payment-of-wage cases based on the private right of action embedded in the wage law continue to mark the…
October 3, 2023
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law
NLRB Sets New Standard for Bargaining Orders
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently decided a case (Cemex Construction) that will allow the board to…
September 19, 2023
Read MoreBusiness | Employment Law
Cautionary Tales from Massachusetts Federal District Court
Four recent cases in the US District Court for Massachusetts turned out badly for employers. The cases dealt…
September 19, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
Ask the Helpline: Topping Off PFML Benefits with Paid Time Off
Question We have an employee who will soon go out on medical leave, and she has saved her…
August 7, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
Legislature to Consider New Employment Laws
The Massachusetts legislative session is now in full swing, and committees will begin the hearing process on more…
May 16, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
Following Massachusetts’ Lead: Non-Competes Should Be Left To The States
By Dawn Mertineit and Kate Perrelli The FTC recently announced a proposed rule that, if implemented in its…
February 10, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law | Workforce
Explaining the Changes to your Unemployment Insurance Bill.
Employers should expect changes to their unemployment insurance bills this year. The Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) recently…
February 1, 2023
Read MoreEmployment Law
Out of Time – Employment Laws Carry Statutes of Limitation
Question I know that many different laws have statutes of limitation. Could you review the different employment laws…
June 28, 2022
Read More