Wage and Hour

Home care workers who take care of the elderly, housebound, and infirm in Massachusetts are protected by state laws on minimum wage, overtime and, meal

When is a 20 per cent tip not a 20 per cent tip to the server?  When the server must share it with others working

Tip Pooling Laws Under Massachusetts tip pooling laws, waitstaff may not be required to share their tips with restaurant owners or managers. This is true

The Massachusetts Tip Pooling Act protects the tips of waitstaff from being distributed to employers, managers and employees who are not serving restaurant customers directly.  Three

Many Massachusetts companies and their managers ask their employees who are not exempt from overtime to work “off the clock,” meaning that the employee isn’t

The Boston Globe is reporting that the United States Department of Labor has determined that  34 Massachusetts restaurants have violated wage and hour laws.  The restaurants violated the minimum wage laws, failed to

An employee at a Dunkin’ Donuts Shop in North Reading, Massachusetts has brought a lawsuit against his employer on behalf of himself and those who

Restaurant employees in Massachusetts, such as servers, bartenders, cooks and hosts enjoy a private right to sue to recover unpaid wages and tips. However, Massachusetts

Although the legal rights of servers and wait staff under Massachusetts wage and hour laws are very specific, many managers and supervisors still routinely violate

Massachusetts law provides that employers must provide employees who work six hours or more with a thirty-minute meal break period.  The meal break does not