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Jan
11
2014
Massachusetts Federal District Court Decision Reminds Employers Yet Again That They Should Not Trifle With the Independent Contractor Law Mintz
Feb
5
2014
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Issues Final Regulations on Gaming Vendor Licensing and Registration Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
27
2020
Massachusetts Gig Workers, Independent Contractors, and Self-Employed Individuals Can Now Apply for Unemployment Benefits Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
10
2013
Massachusetts Governeor Patrick's Administration Proposes Elimination of Fair Share Contribution Requirements Mintz
Mar
23
2020
Massachusetts Governor Orders Temporary Closure of Non-Essential Businesses, Further Limits Gatherings Pierce Atwood LLP
Apr
11
2014
Massachusetts Governor Patrick Proposes Legislation Banning Non-Compete Agreements - Brave New World or California Dreaming? Mintz
Jun
29
2018
Massachusetts Governor Signs Law Establishing Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, Increasing Minimum Wage, and Eliminating Sunday/Holiday Premium Pay Mintz
Jul
2
2018
Massachusetts Governor Signs Minimum Wage, Family and Medical Leave Bill Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
10
2018
Massachusetts Governor Signs Non-Compete Bill Into Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
16
2015
Massachusetts Governor Signs Parental Leave Bill Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
3
2016
Massachusetts Governor Signs Tough Pay Equity Bill Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
16
2013
Massachusetts Governor Would Like to Join California As a Non-Noncompete State Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
17
2017
Massachusetts Has Legalized Marijuana — Should Your Workplace Policies Go Up in Smoke? Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
27
2018
Massachusetts Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure Form Must Be Filed by November 30 and Annually Thereafter Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
17
2021
Massachusetts High Court Clarifies Test to Determine Joint Employer Status under State Wage and Overtime Statutes Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
10
2022
Massachusetts High Court Decides Intrastate Delivery Drivers Are Unable to Ditch Their Arbitration Agreements Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
11
2019
Massachusetts High Court Reinforces Discrimination Is About More Than Money Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Dec
22
2021
Massachusetts High Court Rules “ABC” Test Is Inapplicable To Joint Employer Status Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
14
2022
Massachusetts Highest Court Awards Treble Damages Under the Wage Act, Even After Employer Remedied Violation ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
16
2015
Massachusetts Highest Court Holds Businesses Not Required to Permit Tipping Under State Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
9
2018
Massachusetts Highest Court Holds Sick Pay is Not a Wage Under the Massachusetts Wage Act Mintz
Jul
6
2016
Massachusetts House Passes Noncompete Reform, H. 4434 Mintz
May
19
2017
Massachusetts House Passes “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
21
2022
Massachusetts Imposes Additional Potential Liability on Employers for Wage-and-Hour Compliance Goulston & Storrs
Feb
8
2021
Massachusetts Increases Capacity Limits from 25% to 40% for Many Businesses Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
10
2015
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association To Implement Background Checks For Officials Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
23
2022
Massachusetts Is Ringing in the New Year with PFML Updates Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
15
2019
Massachusetts Issues Draft Regulations for Paid Family and Medical Leave Law Pierce Atwood LLP
Jun
26
2015
Massachusetts Issues Final Earned Sick Time Regulations— Law Becomes Effective July 1, 2015 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
28
2019
Massachusetts Issues Guidance on When Contractors and Other Workers Count Towards the ‘25 Covered Individuals’ Threshold Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
9
2020
Massachusetts Issues Updated Paid Family And Medical Leave Regulations K&L Gates
Aug
4
2016
Massachusetts Joins California and New York with Aggressive Equal Pay Law Faegre Drinker
Aug
24
2017
Massachusetts Law Latest to Bolster Protection for Pregnant Employees Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
1
2016
Massachusetts Law To Prohibit Inquiries Regarding Prior Salary at Interview Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
3
2018
Massachusetts Legislature (Finally) Passes Non-Compete Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
 

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