Employer Liability Issues, Employee Benefits, Employee Incentive Plans

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

DJC Op-Ed: Affordable Benefit Ideas to Help Employers Increase Worker Retention

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 9/20/2023

Any employers muddling through the most confounding labor shortage the construction industry has seen in decades probably have already seen dozens of articles with advice on how to best attract, incentivize, and retain...more

The Rising Costs Of Inflation: Can Employers Become Superheroes To Help Employees Combat Ever-Increasing Prices?

FordHarrison on 10/5/2022

Flexible Work Schedules - Flexible work schedules permit employees to have a certain degree of control over their day-to-day schedule, allowing them to choose the working hours that best suit their needs. For example,...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

Can Massachusetts Employers Offer Vaccination Incentives to Employees?

Bowditch & Dewey on 5/7/2021

In light of the recent expanded access to COVID-19 vaccines, many employers have considered how to encourage their eligible workforce to voluntarily receive vaccinations in lieu of mandating vaccines in the workplace. One...more

Employers Take Notice: An Employee’s Entitlement to Benefits Doesn’t Necessarily End at Resignation

Fisher Phillips on 10/16/2020

The Supreme Court of Canada recently awarded damages to a senior level executive in an amount equal to the bonus he would have earned had he continued working through to the end of his common law reasonable notice period. ...more