Work & The Law

Employee Prevails In Unpaid Commission Case

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has awarded a former employee of Grove Services, Inc. $325,556 in unpaid commissions. United States District Court, District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “Paulo Trindade (‘Plaintiff’) brought this action against his former employer Grove Services, Inc. (‘Grove’) and its President, Victor Spivak (‘Spivak,’ together ‘Defendants’), alleging breach

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Trash Collection Workers Entitled To Recover Underpaid Prevailing Wages

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has held that where a trash collection company entered into a five-year contract with a Massachusetts municipality, the company was obligated to pay the employees the higher prevailing wage for the final three years of the contract even though the original prevailing wage schedule did not contain rates for those years. United States District Court District

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Unpaid Wages – Interest

On June 26, 2017, in a case of first impression argued by Attorney Adam J. Shafran, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a unanimous 7-0 decision holding that employees who are owed unpaid wages are entitled to recover prejudgment interest at the rate of 1% a month on their unpaid wages in addition to recovering an award of mandatory treble

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Retaliation Against Employee’s Under the Wage Act

Under the Massachusetts’ Wage Act, employees are protected against retaliation from their employers. Aggrieved employees may bring an action for injunctive relief, damages, lost wages and other benefits against their employers. Section 148A of the Wage Act provides: “No employee shall be penalized by an employer in any way as a result of any action on the part of an

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Not Paid Your Prevailing Wages, Even By Mistake?

Has your employer failed it pay you the prevailing wage rate that you are owed? Was it even by mistake that they failed to pay you? In a recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Court stated that it is irrelevant whether or not your employer intended to not pay you the prevailing wage rate that you are

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Employee Prevails In Unpaid Commission Case

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has awarded a former employee of Grove Services, Inc. $325,556 in unpaid commissions. United States District Court, District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “Paulo Trindade (‘Plaintiff’) brought this action against his former employer Grove Services, Inc. (‘Grove’) and its President, Victor Spivak (‘Spivak,’ together ‘Defendants’), alleging breach

Read More »

Trash Collection Workers Entitled To Recover Underpaid Prevailing Wages

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has held that where a trash collection company entered into a five-year contract with a Massachusetts municipality, the company was obligated to pay the employees the higher prevailing wage for the final three years of the contract even though the original prevailing wage schedule did not contain rates for those years. United States District Court District

Read More »

Unpaid Wages – Interest

On June 26, 2017, in a case of first impression argued by Attorney Adam J. Shafran, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a unanimous 7-0 decision holding that employees who are owed unpaid wages are entitled to recover prejudgment interest at the rate of 1% a month on their unpaid wages in addition to recovering an award of mandatory treble

Read More »

Retaliation Against Employee’s Under the Wage Act

Under the Massachusetts’ Wage Act, employees are protected against retaliation from their employers. Aggrieved employees may bring an action for injunctive relief, damages, lost wages and other benefits against their employers. Section 148A of the Wage Act provides: “No employee shall be penalized by an employer in any way as a result of any action on the part of an

Read More »

Not Paid Your Prevailing Wages, Even By Mistake?

Has your employer failed it pay you the prevailing wage rate that you are owed? Was it even by mistake that they failed to pay you? In a recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Court stated that it is irrelevant whether or not your employer intended to not pay you the prevailing wage rate that you are

Read More »