On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey made it official – with the goal of closing existing wage gaps, Massachusetts is the latest state to require employers to disclose pay range information....more
8/2/2024
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EEO-1 ,
Enforcement ,
Job Ads ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Transparency ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
COVID-19 is the pandemic that keeps on giving. As the Fourth of July marks the start of the summer vacation season, more and more employees are going to be taking time off. State quarantine orders - until now perhaps only of...more
7/4/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Executive Orders ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Quarantine ,
State Labor Laws ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Traveling Employee ,
Vacation Leave ,
Virus Testing ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
The Massachusetts Family and Medical Leave law (MAFML) (M.G.L. ch. 175M), was enacted in 2018, imposing significant responsibilities on Massachusetts employers. ...more
Effective July 1, 2018, Massachusetts and Vermont became the first New England states to prohibit employers from inquiring into or seeking prospective employees’ salary history. ...more
7/17/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On June 8, 2018, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed, “An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Gender Identity,” which adds gender identity as a protected characteristic to state anti-discrimination laws. ...more
6/12/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender Neutral ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
New Legislation ,
Protected Class ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transgender