Employer Liability Issues, Compensation & Benefits, Risk Management

MA Wage Act doesn’t cover profit-based incentive pay, judge rules

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/9/2025

A recent decision from a federal court in Massachusetts reinforces the narrow scope of the Massachusetts Wage Act as it applies to incentive pay. In Noreke v. Gideon Taylor Consulting, LLC, decided August 14, the court...more

Managing employee costs in a changing business environment

Hogan Lovells on 9/5/2025

Introduction - At a time of global economic and geo-political uncertainty, employers need to understand their options for achieving financial savings while preserving business continuity and retaining their ability to...more

TPR Report: Key Steps Trustees Should Take if a Cyber Security Incident Occurs

Mayer Brown on 2/14/2024

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a regulatory intervention report outlining how they worked with Capita following a cyber incident last year (see our legal update), and detailing the key steps trustees should take...more

Is Your Business Prepared for the Legal Risks of the Company Picnic?

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 7/1/2022

With the arrival of summer, employers may be planning summer activities and offering other benefits or incentives to their employees. Manufacturers, whose employees have been frontline workers for over two years, may be...more

Employee Benefits Issues When Implementing Employee Salary Reductions Due to Coronavirus

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/16/2020

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact businesses across the country and the world, many employers have implemented, or are considering, employee salary or wage reductions as one way to reduce overall business...more

Employers May Be Able to Avoid WARN Notices for Furloughs Under Six Months

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/14/2020

With numerous furloughs and layoffs occurring around the country because of COVID-19 fallout, employers may have the ability to avoid cumbersome WARN Act notice requirements. Specifically, if employers furlough employees...more

Thinking It Through: Wage and Hour Implications of Employer Responses to the Coronavirus

Littler on 3/11/2020

The spread of the novel coronavirus and associated outbreak of the COVID-19 disease raise challenging questions for employers. This article will describe some of the U.S. wage and hour implications resulting from employers’...more

Unpaid work – Beware the offer of a ‘free lunch’

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/30/2020

The line between lawful and unlawful unpaid work is not always clear. Many companies are contacted by people offering to work on a voluntary basis. It is often pitched as a “win-win” because the person is willing to work...more

Tips on Avoiding Wage and Hour Lawsuits in Massachusetts: Tip #3: Conduct an Off-the-Clock Work Audit

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/19/2019

Even fair-minded employers, with sound policies, face “off-the-clock” claims. That is, employers have to defend against lawsuits in which employees argue that they worked hours for which their employers failed to pay them. ...more

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