By Kathleen R. O’Toole and Brendan P. Kelley
Category: Massachusetts Employment BizLit
Important Changes to Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law Go Into Effect January 1, 2023
By Kathleen R. O’Toole and Brendan P. Kelley
Navigating Legal and Compliance Issues of Remote Work
By Kathleen R. O’Toole and Brendan P. Kelley
Wage Act Roundtable On-Demand Recording
Three CK attorneys recorded an on-demand roundtable about the pending Wage Act legislation called “An Act to Prevent Wage Theft, Promote Employer Accountability, and Enhance Public Enforcement, H.B. 1959.”
Medication Errors Lead to a Criminal Conviction: What Nurses Should Know about the RaDonda Vaught Verdict
By Alexis P. Theriault, Esq.
Late Payment of Wages Means Triple Liability for Employers Even If Wages Are Paid Before Suit is Filed
By Catherine M. DiVita, Employment Law Attorney at Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP in Boston, MA
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Testing Mandate for Large Employers
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court dealt a swift – but not final – blow to the OSHA standard requiring vaccination or weekly testing of workers at private employers with 100 or more employees.
Employers Beware: M.G.L c. 149, § 52C Right to Rebut Trumps At-Will Employment
By Alexis P. Theriault, Esq., Business Litigation, Insurance & Employment Attorney at Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP
Return of the ETS: Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay of Vaccination or Weekly Testing Mandate for Large Private Employers; OSHA Issues New Deadlines
On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay of the OSHA standard requiring vaccination or weekly testing of workers at private employers with 100 or more employees that the Fifth Circuit previously imposed. The emergency temporary standard (ETS) is again in effect, and employers should continue or resume preparing for compliance.