For a discussion of tip sharing practices in Massachusetts, read this post by Boston labor and employment attorney, Maura Greene . . . → Read More: Tip Pooling Practices and the 20 Per Cent Tip
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Home care workers in Massachusetts are entitled to overtime pay under state law. As such, companions and caregivers for the elderly or infirm are entitled to time and a half after forty hours. The Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development’s website has a nice short article on home care workers and overtime. In Massachusetts, home care . . . → Read More: Home Care Workers in Massachusetts Entitled to Overtime Pay Most Massachusetts employees are entitled to overtime pay after working forty hours in a work week. Under Massachusetts law, all employees must be paid time and a half for any hours worked over forty hours in one week, unless the employee is exempt from the the overtime requirement. There are certain professionals who, depending upon . . . → Read More: Massachusetts Overtime Pay and Triple Damages How do Massachusetts employees know if they are entitled to overtime pay and what can they do if they don’t receive it? Many employees who are entitled to receive overtime pay do not receive it because their employer is under the misconception that the company doesn’t have to pay overtime if the employee is paid . . . → Read More: Massachusetts Overtime Pay Claims Tracking wages owed and hours worked is now easier for employees with the U.S. Department of Labor’s app for smartphones. With this application, employees can track their regular work hours, overtime hours and meal breaks for one or more employers. Employees will have a simpler time comparing their own time records with those of their . . . → Read More: U.S. Department of Labor Announces Wage App for Smartphones On April 14, 2008, an amendment to the Massachusetts wage act provided for the award of mandatory triple damages (known as “treble damages” in legal speak) where employers violated the wage and hour laws. In other words, where an employer violates the law, for example by failing to pay an employee his or her wages . . . → Read More: Massachusetts Proposal Would Reverse Mandatory Triple Damages for Wage Law Violations A severance agreement is a contract. An employee waives claims in exchange for legal consideration above and beyond what he or she was entitled to receive as an employee (typically severance pay and other inducements) to sign the agreement. A common misunderstanding by employees relates to whether they are entitled to severance. Employees who are . . . → Read More: Understanding Massachusetts Severance Agreements Employees’ complaints of various wage and hour violations, including nonpayment of wages, misclassification of employees, record-keeping violations and failure to pay the prevailing wage have resulted in numerous recent investigations and citations by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office (“AG”). A Rhode Island Construction Company has agreed to pay over $66,000 in restitution and . . . → Read More: Employee Wage and Hour Complaints Spark Investigations and Citations Welcome and thank you for visiting our employment blog. Check back often for updates on employment cases of interest, changes in statutes and regulations, and reports on best practices in employment in Massachusetts. We don’t give legal advice here, because employment matters are fact specific and each case is different. We do hope you find . . . → Read More: Welcome to the Boston, Massachusetts Employment Law Blog  Leave a comment  age, disability, discrimination, exempt/non-exempt, gender, independent contractor law, non-competition, overtime, pregnancy, race, religious, risk management, same sex/sexual orientation, severance agreements, sexual harassment, vacation pay, wage and hour, wrongful termination  independent contractor, severance pay, terminations, unpaid wages |
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