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Aug
19
2016
Massachusetts Amends Blue Laws to Allow for Operations of Warehouses on Sundays and Holidays Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
28
2021
Massachusetts Amends Holiday Premium Pay Law and Tips Act as Part of Economic Stimulus Package Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
15
2016
Massachusetts and Impending Death of Noncompetes Part II: De Facto Enforcement of Noncompetes Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
23
2018
Massachusetts and New Jersey Pay Equity Laws: [Podcast] Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
2
2017
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Courts Agree – and Disagree – on the Rights of Medical Marijuana Patients in the Employment Context Sherin and Lodgen LLP
May
19
2020
Massachusetts Announces Four Phase Plan to Reopen Proskauer Rose LLP
May
12
2020
Massachusetts Announces Four-Phase Plan for Reopening Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
14
2020
Massachusetts Announces Four-Phase Reopening Approach and Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
26
2016
Massachusetts Anti-Discrimination Agency Issues Guidance on Gender Identity Discrimination Mintz
Jan
28
2021
Massachusetts Appeals Court Clarifies Issues Regarding Overtime Compensation Defenses Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Sep
22
2022
Massachusetts Appeals Court Clarifies the A’s and C’s of Independent Contractor Status Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
31
2022
Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds That Home Inspection Company’s Inspectors Were Independent Contractors Under ‘ABC’ Test Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
1
2021
Massachusetts Appeals Court Reinforces Narrow Interpretation of Public Policy Exception to At-Will Employment Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
10
2022
Massachusetts Appeals Court Rejects Whistleblower’s Constructive Discharge Claim Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
4
2015
Massachusetts Appeals Court Set to Consider Scope of Employer Liability for Employee Data Breaches Mintz
Jan
25
2021
Massachusetts Appeals Court Weighs In On Public Policy Exception To General At-Will Employee Termination Clause Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
1
2020
Massachusetts Appellate Court Reads Cross Liability Exclusion Broadly in Denying Additional Insured Coverage to General Contractor Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
25
2013
Massachusetts At-Will Employment Doctrine and Retaliatory Discharge Raymond Law Group LLC
Nov
28
2015
Massachusetts Attorney General Advisory on Newly Enacted Domestic Violence Employment Leave Law Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Aug
26
2019
Massachusetts Attorney General Cracks Down on Child Labor Law Violations Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
7
2018
Massachusetts Attorney General Enforces State Ban the Box Law for First Time, Fining Three Businesses and Issuing Warnings to 17 Others Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
21
2014
Massachusetts Attorney General Goes After Drywall Company In False Claims Act Case Arising Out of Worker Misclassification Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Mar
16
2018
Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Guidance on New Equal Pay Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
11
2018
Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Guidance on Pay Equity Law Mintz
Mar
13
2018
Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Guidance on Updated Pay Equity Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
29
2015
Massachusetts Attorney General Releases Proposed Earned Sick Time Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
5
2015
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Issues Much-Anticipated Proposed Regulations on Massachusetts Sick Time Law Mintz
Mar
1
2018
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Publishes Guidance On Pay Equity Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
7
2018
Massachusetts Ban the Box 2018: Further Amendments to Criminal History and Hiring Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
21
2018
Massachusetts Becomes 49th State to Adopt Uniform Trade Secrets Act Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
2
2016
Massachusetts Becomes First State to Ban Salary Histories in Applications Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
4
2022
Massachusetts Becomes Latest State to Ban Discrimination Based on Natural Hairstyles and Hair Texture Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
2
2014
Massachusetts Becomes Latest State to Raise its Minimum Wage Mintz
Dec
12
2014
Massachusetts Becomes the Latest Jurisdiction to Require Paid Sick Leave Mintz
Apr
23
2021
Massachusetts Case Highlights Importance of Clear Communication in Compensation Plans Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 

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