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You’re Damned if You Do … Deduct or Set Off Wages Earned By Massachusetts...

Many employers may think that they have the right to charge employees for things such as broken products, lost uniforms, fines for safety violations, loans, lost money, alleged theft, etc. In...

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You’re Damned if You Do … Allow an Atmosphere of Sexualized Comments; Damned...

As a recent decision from the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”) shows, allowing an unwelcome sexualized atmosphere at the workplace can be very costly. And firing an employee who...

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You’re Damned if You Do … Allow Your Employees to Engage in Horseplay (or...

It’s all fun and games until someone files a lawsuit. That’s surely what one Massachusetts employer thought. In that recent case, decided before the Department of Industrial Accidents, the employee...

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You’re Damned if You Do … Employ Unpaid Interns

If you are a for-profit business, you generally cannot have volunteer workers who work for no pay, whether you call them interns, clerks, angels or unicorns. In most cases, they are really employees,...

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You’re Damned if You Don’t Pay Overtime to Non-Exempt Workers

The Salem Franchisee of the Upper Crust Pizza Chain was recently ordered to pay $80,000 for violating federal overtime and record keeping logs, according to the attached Boston Globe report. This...

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You’re Damned if You Ignore the Massachusetts Commission Against...

$363,570. That’s the cost to one Massachusetts employer for not participating in the MCAD hearing against it, and being found liable for discrimination based on gender and age. The full decision is set...

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Rogue Employees of the Week – Saints Coach Sean Payton and Defensive...

As most sports fan know by now, the NFL has suspended the Saints’ coaches. The NFL suspended the head coach, Sean Payton, for a year; Gregg Williams, indefinitely. The NFL has alleged that Williams...

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You’re Damned if You Assume that the Safe Harbor Provisions of the...

As I previously blogged, the Massachusetts Sick Leave Law goes into effect on July 1, 2015.  The law is potentially bad news for employers with respect to productivity, expenses, and legal exposure....

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