On April 4, 2022, in Reuter v. City of Methuen, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that employers are strictly liable for treble damages for making late wage payments, even when an employee has not yet filed...more
On March 30, 2021, in Bossé v. New York Life Insurance Co. et al., the First Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision upholding the enforceability of an arbitration agreement that delegates the arbitrability of...more
4/26/2021
/ American Arbitration Association ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforceability ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Henry Schein Inc v Archer and White Sales Inc ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation
On September 16, 2020, in Peeples v. Clinical Support Options, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-30144, a federal district court in Massachusetts took the unusual step of precluding an employer from discharging an employee who claimed an...more
10/28/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hostile Environment ,
Popular ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied conditional class action certification in a case involving a front of house (FOH) manager suing Outback Steakhouse for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor...more
12/5/2019
/ Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour