Massachusetts recently enacted sweeping criminal justice reform. Included among the reformed laws is a further limitation on information an employer may seek from applicants regarding their criminal history. These changes become effective October 13, 2018 and enhance the protections for employees that became effective when Massachusetts amended its CORI (Criminal
The Massachusetts CORI (which stands for Criminal Offender Record Information) regulations were amended effective April 27, 2017. A comparison of the old and newly amended regulations note the following changes.
With all that is in the news recently about the alleged sexual harassment and sexual assaults perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein, and more perpetrators being identified weekly, our attention has been (or should be) re-focused on what employers can and should do to identify and respond to employee complaints of sexual
In a case of first impression, the Supreme Judicial Court held that an employee who is a “qualifying patient” under the Massachusetts’ 2012 medical marijuana law (“An Act for the humanitarian medical use of marijuana”) (the “medical marijuana law”) may pursue a claim for handicap discrimination under the state’s anti-discrimination
On November 14, 2016 USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. While employers may continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/2013 N. through January 21, 2017, by January 22, 2017, employers must use the revised form. Form I-9 may be Downloaded for Easier Use The new Form
Although a recent injunction has halted the changes to the FLSA that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016, as a result, many employees who likely would have been reclassified from exempt to non-exempt may not, it never hurts to revisit the issue of when and how employers have to compensate non-exempt
We last wrote about the expected increases in to the minimum exemption salaries in our blog post from July 14, 2015. Since that time, the increases have not been enacted, but are getting closer. Recap The DOL has proposed new regulations increasing the salary basis applicable to exempt employees under the FLSA, as well as
In our blog posts on September 1 and September 15, 2015, we discussed the impact and implementation of Home Care Association of America v. Weil, a recent decision rendered by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In Weil, the court affirmed a Department of Labor (“DOL”) final rule extending minimum
Many states and local jurisdictions will increase their minimum wage in 2016. No increase will be made to the federal minimum wage. Click the link below for a chart that lists the jurisdictions where increases are to be effective in 2016 and the corresponding dates. Minimum Wages Chart The listed wage rates do not
