Posted in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Massachusetts Enacts Law Prohibiting Discrimination Against Transgendered Individuals 

From JDSupra, Foley Hoag LLP discusses the enactment of the law protecting transgender individuals. Last week, Governor…

Posted in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition

Massachusetts Employers: Protect Your Documents 

From JDSupra, Fisher Phillips provide excellent advice on handling confidential information. Fisher Phillips writes: An important new…

Posted in Equal Pay

Massachusetts Attorney General Releases Guidance for Employers on New Pay Equity Law 

From JDSupra, Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper and Susan Gross Sholinsky from Epstein Becker & Green discuss the Attorney…

Posted in Equal Pay

Time to Act For Massachusetts Employers: Are You Prepared for the Amended Equal Pay Act? 

From JDSupra, Mark Batten, Gavin Carpenter, and Samantha Regenbogen Manelin discuss Massachusetts Amended Equal Pay Act. They…

Posted in Background Checks/FCRA

New FCRA Notice Requirements Now In Effect 

From JDSupra, Emma Follansbee of Mintz – Employment, Labor & Benefits Viewpoints discusses new Fair Credit Reporting Act…

Posted in Background Checks/FCRA

Critical Considerations for Compliance with the FCRA 

From JDSupra,  Hyongsoon Kim, Natasha Kohne, Nicholas Joseph Schuchert, and Michael Stortz of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer…

Posted in Data Privacy/Cyber Security

Massachusetts Attorney General says you must practice what you preach 

From JDSupra, International Lawyers Network reports on a case in which a company had a Written Information…

Posted in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

EEOC Reminds Employers of the Importance of Targeted Screening and Individualized Assessment Processes 

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. remind employers to follow the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…

Posted in General Business

Doing Business in Massachusetts — A Guide to U.S. and Massachusetts Law for Non-U.S. Businesses 

From JDSupra, Foley Hoag LLP  provides a guide to doing business in Massachusetts. Introduction This guide is…

Posted in Employment Law

Comprehensive Massachusetts Employment Law Guide 

From JDSupra, Locke Lord LLP provides a Comprehensive Massachusetts Employment Law Guide Source: Comprehensive Massachusetts Employment Law…

Posted in Paid Family and Medical Leave

New Forms and Final Regulations Issued Under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law 

From JDSupra, Shannon Berube and Alice Kokodis provide a terrific summary of the recent developments in the…

Posted in Paid Family and Medical Leave

Massachusetts Has Agreed to Adopt A 3- Month Delay to Paid Family and Medical Leave Contributions 

From Lexology, Jaclyn L. Kugell and Tracy Thomas Boland report a 3 month delay in the requirement to collect…