Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled in an issue of first impression that a real estate investment company’s deferred compensation plan is subject to the state’s Wage and Hour Act.

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A communications company could block an engineer whom it had just trained on mobile broadband technology from taking a job with another company that provided similar products, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has decided.

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An employee who claimed he was owed money under the Massachusetts Wage Act could not recover from the president and manager of the limited liability company for which he worked, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has decided in a case ...

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled for the first time that employers may be held liable for retaliating against ex-employees, even if the wrongful conduct occurs years after the parties go their separate ways.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision barring certification of what would have been the largest job discrimination class action in history has spurred a debate among legal experts about the role of class actions not only as a tool for seeking ...

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A temporary employment agency could not enforce a confidentiality provision barring workers from disclosing the terms of their employment to “other parties,” the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided.

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