New England Biz Law Update

A recent ruling from the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts may surprise employers who order paid administrative leave for employees being investigated. The lesson of the case is that, depending on circumstances, paid administrative leave might constitute a materially adverse ...

On Aug. 1, the governor of Massachusetts signed into law Senate Bill 2119, entitled “An Act to Establish Pay Equity.” That enactment amended the state’s existing statute, focusing narrowly on wage discrimination and wage differences as they relate to gender. ...

An employee claiming employment discrimination or retaliation under Massachusetts state law frequently can defeat the employer’s summary judgment motion merely by providing evidence, at a critical phase of analysis, from which a reasonable jury could conclude that the employer’s stated ...

On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major rebuke to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by unanimously rejecting the EEOC’s most recent, and supposedly comprehensive, guidance on pregnancy discrimination enforcement. The rebuke was delivered in Young v. United ...

On July 7, the U.S. secretary of labor filed an amicus brief asking that a federal appeals court defer to the Department of Labor’s test for determining whether a trainee or intern is covered by federal minimum wage guarantees. The ...

On July 14, the Equal Employment Oppor-tunity Commission released its first comprehensive update on pregnancy discrimination enforcement guidance since 1983. The new publication, “Enforcement Guid-ance: Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues,” and the accompanying Q&A document and fact sheet address the ...

In August 2010, Massachusetts enacted a statute that set in motion two waves of reform in the state’s Criminal Offender Record Information system.

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