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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
A Massachusetts federal court has awarded exotic dancers tips that they were unlawfully required to share with company managers. Under Massachusetts law it is impermissible for managers to share in tip pools. United States District Court District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “The Consolidated Plaintiffs, Leah Saad, Deanna Gallo, Brittany Duchaine and Sanchere Kelly (‘Plaintiffs’), have filed
Massachusetts court finds employer mistake in severance agreement entitles employee to substantial severance payments. United States District Court District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “Dahua Technology USA Inc. (‘Dahua’), a subsidiary of Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. (‘Zhejiang’), brought this action against Feng Zhang to reform an agreement terminating Zhang’s executive-level position at Zhejiang (the ‘Release
Court finds non-solicitation agreement enforceable but declines to extend its time-frame. United States District Court District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. (‘Thermal Engineering’ or ‘plaintiff’) brings this action against Daryl L. Lanaville (‘Lanaville’ or ‘defendant’) seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. Plaintiff alleges that defendant breached a non-solicitation covenant when he
On November 23, 2016 Attorney Adam J. Shafran and Rudolph Friedmann LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Xtralight Manufacturing, Ltd. d/b/a Utility Metering Solutions (“UMS”) for unpaid prevailing wages, overtime wages and unreimbursed transportation expenses. On December 2, 2016, 25 additional UMS employees were added to the lawsuit as named-plaintiffs who also allege that they have not been paid
The Fair Labor Standards Act provides for overtime pay protections for certain employees. ‘Highly compensated employees,’ as defined by the act, are exempt from this protection. The First Circuit tackled the issue as to whether a regularly administered $1,000 stipend paid to employees qualifies as paying employees on a salary basis, thus qualifying plaintiffs as highly compensated employees.
Women face many different struggles during pregnancy including discriminatory practices by their current and future employers. Refusing to be hired by an employer may be an unlawful practice as examined in a recent case heard in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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
A Massachusetts federal court has awarded exotic dancers tips that they were unlawfully required to share with company managers. Under Massachusetts law it is impermissible for managers to share in tip pools. United States District Court District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “The Consolidated Plaintiffs, Leah Saad, Deanna Gallo, Brittany Duchaine and Sanchere Kelly (‘Plaintiffs’), have filed
Massachusetts court finds employer mistake in severance agreement entitles employee to substantial severance payments. United States District Court District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “Dahua Technology USA Inc. (‘Dahua’), a subsidiary of Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. (‘Zhejiang’), brought this action against Feng Zhang to reform an agreement terminating Zhang’s executive-level position at Zhejiang (the ‘Release
Court finds non-solicitation agreement enforceable but declines to extend its time-frame. United States District Court District of Massachusetts SUMMARY: (court decision – opens in PDF) “Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. (‘Thermal Engineering’ or ‘plaintiff’) brings this action against Daryl L. Lanaville (‘Lanaville’ or ‘defendant’) seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. Plaintiff alleges that defendant breached a non-solicitation covenant when he
On November 23, 2016 Attorney Adam J. Shafran and Rudolph Friedmann LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Xtralight Manufacturing, Ltd. d/b/a Utility Metering Solutions (“UMS”) for unpaid prevailing wages, overtime wages and unreimbursed transportation expenses. On December 2, 2016, 25 additional UMS employees were added to the lawsuit as named-plaintiffs who also allege that they have not been paid
The Fair Labor Standards Act provides for overtime pay protections for certain employees. ‘Highly compensated employees,’ as defined by the act, are exempt from this protection. The First Circuit tackled the issue as to whether a regularly administered $1,000 stipend paid to employees qualifies as paying employees on a salary basis, thus qualifying plaintiffs as highly compensated employees.
Women face many different struggles during pregnancy including discriminatory practices by their current and future employers. Refusing to be hired by an employer may be an unlawful practice as examined in a recent case heard in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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