A recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has reaffirmed the enforceability of certain post-employment restrictive covenants—specifically, non-solicitation agreements—preserving a critical tool for employers seeking to protect ...
It was only a matter of time before a federal court blocked the FTC's noncompete rule, which would have banned virtually all noncompete agreements on a federal level. Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ent...
Starting July 31, 2025, Massachusetts will require companies with 25 or more employees to disclose salary ranges not just for job postings, but also for internal promotions and transfers. Here’s a clear breakdown...
On April 23, 2024, by a 3-2 margin, the FTC voted to finalize its controversial NON COMPETE RULE which will generally prohibit businesses from entering into non-compete agreements with nearly all workers across the U.S. going forward and invalidate the...
On April 23, 2024, the US Department of Labor (USDOL) issued its highly anticipated final rule (“Final Rule”) that will raise the standard minimum salary level needed for most white-collar exempt employees on July 1, 2024, and then increase it again be...
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new Form I-9 -streamlined and shortened — that employers should use beginning Aug. 1, 2023.
The new version will not be available for downloading until Aug. 1. Employers may co...
As the pandemic descended in March 2020, restricting millions of employees to their homes, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suspended the in-person verification requirement for I-9 supporting documents, permitting remote methods – e...
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the state’s pay transparency bill into law, imposing several new and unprecedented requirements on California employers. With the signing of Senate Bill (SB) 1162, effective January 1, 2023,...
Pregnancy alone is not a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This has been a gray area for employers on how best to accommodate pregnant workers with temporary limitations. But now, new federal laws give greater protecti...
Is it time to rip up your stock severance agreement? Consider the following two clauses, which I bet your standard agreement contains in some form.
Non-Disparagement. At all times hereafter, the Employee agrees not to make stateme...
It’s your biotech company. It’s your brand. It’s your global reputation. How do you want your employees to create, feel, and interact as members of your organization? Sounds esoteric. Hard to quantify, grasp, measure…?
There is no shortag...
It’s no secret that the United States is the only industrialized country without national paid parental leave. With global influences and D&I strategies, the fact that an increasing number of states, as well as companies, are offeri...
On October 19, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster, replacing the “EEO is the Law” poster. The “Know Your Rights” poster provides updated guidance...
Employers will need to assess pandemic and workplace circumstances in order to justify mandatory COVID-19 testing of employees going forward, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a July 12 guidance update.
As mo...
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has continued to issue guidance and clarifications regarding the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFML) since the law went into effect in January 2021. The most recent upd...
Employers ~ Did you know that as of April 1st, you need to offer 100% employer covered COBRA benefits to all involuntarily terminated employees who were let go from Nove...
Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance stating a telemedicine visit with a health care provider to verify an employee’s serious health condition can be used to support FMLA leave.
Under FMLA, one avenue for an employee to prove a s...
The FFCRA is now voluntary, not mandatory
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted for the period April 1 - December 31, 2020, meaning we all expected it to sunset on December 31st. However, on December 27...
On Dec. 16, 2020, the United Stated Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released much-anticipated guidance regarding employers’ ability to enact mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies.
The new guidance addresses many question...
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and work-from-home mandates, New York employers and their nonresident employees have been waiting for the Department of Taxation and Finance to address the million-dollar question: Do wages earned by a nonresid...
FAQs About Organizing Personnel Files
1. What guidelines should we follow when setting up and organizing personnel files?
"Personnel records" are records kept by an employer about a...
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Effective April 2, employers that may never have had to worry about the FMLA because they don't have enough employees (50) will have to become family-leave experts in a hurry. And all employers will have to figure out how to manage a new ...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the third and largest coronavirus relief package on March 27th to help struggling businesses and displaced workers during the pandemic. The Senate had previously appr...
Adding a "candor clause" to her contracts was one way Soona co-founder Elizabeth Giorgi reacted to a potential investor who sent naked selfies to her after their meeting. "I would say that half of [the more than 100 female founders I'...
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