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Oct
31
2023
Massachusetts Department of Paid Family and Medical Leave Revises Guidance on Topping Off Benefits With Accrued Paid Leave Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
10
2020
Massachusetts Department of Paid Family Leave Releases New Guidance Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
26
2015
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) May Lose Staff This Summer McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
24
2021
Massachusetts Department of Revenue Stops Applying COVID-19 Telecommuting Policy, Returns to Location of Work Performed McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
17
2024
Massachusetts District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss 401(k) Fiduciary Breach and Prohibited Transaction Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
22
2020
Massachusetts District Court Rejects Employee Classification for Franchisees Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
9
2018
Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance Issues Final Regulations Implementing the EMAC Supplemental Mintz
Apr
27
2015
Massachusetts Earned Sick Leave Law Update: Proposed Regulations Released by Attorney General’s Office Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
30
2015
Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Becomes Effective July 1, 2015 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
24
2015
Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Takes Effect July 1st Mintz
Jun
10
2015
Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Update: Safe Harbor Clarified, Form Notice Available Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
7
2015
Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law: Safe Harbor Expires December 31, 2015; Full Compliance Deadline is January 1, 2016 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
23
2010
Massachusetts Employers Alert: New Law Impacts Application Process Vedder Price
Jan
4
2022
Massachusetts Employers Cautioned Regarding Performance Review Rebuttals Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
17
2017
Massachusetts Employers Face $200 Million Increase in Health Care Costs under MassHealth Amendments Mintz
Jul
26
2017
Massachusetts Employers May Need to Accommodate Medical Marijuana Users Polsinelli PC
Feb
12
2024
Massachusetts Employers May Need to Update Their PFML Policies in 2024 Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
15
2013
Massachusetts Employers Must Characterize Unused Vacation Pay Properly Raymond Law Group LLC
Apr
18
2019
Massachusetts Employers Must Distribute Paid Leave Notice By May 31, 2019 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
1
2021
Massachusetts Employers Must Provide Up to 40 Hours of COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
22
2019
Massachusetts Employers Need to Prepare as Paid Family and Medical Leave Effective Date Approaches Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
18
2014
Massachusetts Employers Prepare for Employment Law Changes Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
6
2020
Massachusetts Employers Receive New Guidance Regarding Reimbursement for Qualifying Paid Leave Plans Under the State’s PFML Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
9
2018
Massachusetts Employers Should Prepare for Penalties and Other Changes to Law Regarding Health Care Contributions Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
12
2022
Massachusetts Employers Strictly Liable for Late Payments Under Wage Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
5
2016
Massachusetts Employers to Be Prohibited From Obtaining Applicants’ Prior Pay History – Will Other States Follow? Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Apr
23
2018
Massachusetts Employers’ Ability to Inquire into Job Applicants’ Criminal History Further Curbed Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
11
2016
Massachusetts Employment Law - Bill to Change Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements Passes House Raymond Law Group LLC
Sep
1
2016
Massachusetts Enacts Comprehensive Pay Equity Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
4
2021
Massachusetts Enacts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
4
2022
Massachusetts Enacts CROWN Act, Prohibiting Discrimination Against Protective Hairstyles Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
7
2014
Massachusetts Enacts Domestic Violence Leave Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
2
2022
Massachusetts Enacts Law Prohibiting Hairstyle Discrimination ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
3
2014
Massachusetts Enacts Minimum Wage Increases Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
24
2018
Massachusetts Enacts New Minimum Wage and Paid Leave Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 

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