What to Look for When You Have a Prevailing Wage Case in Massachusetts When you’re dealing with a prevailing wage case in Massachusetts, one thing becomes clear very quickly: the rules are complicated. What might seem like a straightforward wage…
Wage
Employer paying your wages late? “One day” matters
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The Massachusetts Wage Act sets strict deadlines as to when your employer must pay your earned wages. The Act requires that employers pay their employees earned wages within six or seven days of the pay period in which the wages…
Class Action, Overtime
Overtime Class Action Types
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Overtime Claims – Common Class Action Types Here are some common types of overtime claims we handle on a class action basis. Restaurant Industry: Workers such as servers, bussers, and kitchen staff and claims for minimum wage, overtime, and tip-theft.…
Overtime, Wage
Care Coordinators May be Misclassified and Entitled to Overtime and Backpay
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Managed Care Organizations (MCO’s) often contract with State Health Departments to provide care for dually eligible Medicaid and Medicare patients pursuant to requirements established by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Care coordinators provide case management services…
Wage
Mass SJC: Late Wage Payments are Lost Wages Subject to Treble Damages
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If your employer does not pay your earned wages on the date they are due, you are immediately entitled to triple damages on the late amount. If you are terminated, all wages, including vacation pay, are due on the date…
Overtime
Research Assistants and Overtime Pay
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Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistants (“RAs”) are notoriously underpaid and overworked in research programs all over the country. The budgetary constraints of grant-funded research programs often lead to understaffing, which in turn causes professors and other senior research staff to assign ever-increasing…