Category: Employment Law
Staffing Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Employment Taxes
The United States Department of Justice announced the owner of two staffing agencies pleaded guilty to failing…
What Obligations do Employers have to Provide Employees with Time off to Vote?
From JDSupra, Josh Hughes reviews employers’ oblgiations to provide time off for employees to vote. Josh writes:…
Court Orders Staffing Firms that Split Pay to Avoid Overtime to Pay $2.4 million for Wages and Liquidated Damages
The United States Department of Labor announced that a court ordered the owners of two staffing firms…
Massachusetts Democrats Nominate Campbell for AG Race; AG Healey Runs for Governor
From JDSupra, Lori Kalani and Bernard Nash report on the results of last week’s elections. Lori and…
AG Healey Issues Seventh Annual Labor Day Report on Office’s Efforts To Combat Wage Theft and Protect Workers
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today issued her seventh annual Labor Day Report on the office’s efforts to combat wage…
Partner in Key West Labor Staffing Companies Sentenced for Tax, Immigration, and Money Laundering Crimes
The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of the partner of several Key West staffing agencies to…
Manager of Key West Labor Staffing Companies Sentenced for Tax Crimes and Immigration Fraud
The United States Department of Justice annouced the manager of several staffing agencies was sentenced to prison…
Staffing Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Payroll Tax Crimes
The United States Department of Justice A former New York City resident pleaded guilty today to willfully…
New Massachusetts Law Prohibits Discrimination Based on Hairstyle
From JDSupra, Tracy Thomas Boland and Jacob Tosti discuss new legislation that bans discrimination based on “traits…
Operators of Key West Labor Staffing Company Sentenced to Prison for Tax Conspiracy and Immigration Crimes
The United States Department of Justice announces the sentences for Key West staffing agency owners. for tax…
Massachusetts Appeals Court Rejects Whistleblower’s Constructive Discharge Claim
From JDSupra, Francesco (Fran) DeLuca and Gregory Keating discuss a recent case in which the court said…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Joint Employer Analysis Under the Massachusetts Wage Act
From JDSupra, Nicholas Nesgos, Nancy Puleo, and Lauren Schaefer discuss the Masschusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s opinion that…