In overtime litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the employer has the burden of proving that an employee is exempt. However, the degree of proof required was not decided until the Supreme Court spoke last week....more
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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development has issued draft regulations concerning the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave law, which was enacted in June 2018.
A substantial portion of the...more
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled this week that an employee’s use of medical marijuana to treat her disability may have to be reasonably accommodated under the state’s handicap discrimination law.
In Barbuto...more
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has issued the final regulations to the Earned Sick Time Law, M.G.L. c. 149, § 148C, which will become effective on July 1, 2015....more