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Massachusetts Wage Claims

Treble Damages and Attorneys’ Fees under the Massachusetts Wage Act

by Nicholas F. Ortiz • May 3, 2012

The right to get paid your wages is extraordinarily strong, even if you’re mislabeled as an independent contractor. The reason for this is the Massachusetts Wage Act and the fact that it provides for mandatory treble damages and attorneys’ fees…

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Misclassified Independent Contractors

Massachusetts Wage Claims for Misclassified Independent Contractors

by Nicholas F. Ortiz • March 26, 2012

Updated Oct. 2016 Employers love calling their workers independent contractors. As the SJC has pointed out, employers receive a windfall when they misclassify employees as independent contractors: The “windfall” the Legislature appeared most concerned with is the “windfall” that employers enjoy…

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Massachusetts Wage Claims, Wage Set-Offs

What Is a “Valid Set-Off” Under the Massachusetts Wage Act?

by Nicholas F. Ortiz • February 28, 2012

Unpaid wage law continues to develop in Massachusetts. Most recently, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) provided extensive guidance on what constitutes a valid deduction from wages–called a “valid set-off” in the law. In Camara v. Attorney General, 458 Mass. 756 (2011), the…

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Wage Act Statute of Limitations in Massachusetts

by Nicholas F. Ortiz • January 23, 2012

The statute of limitations for a claim for unpaid wages is three years. See M.G.L. c. 149, § 150. The statute of limitations for contract claims is six years, so a claim for unpaid wages can be brought after the…

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Bonuses, Commissions, Massachusetts Wage Claims

Are Bonuses Wages in Massachusetts?

by Nicholas F. Ortiz • January 15, 2012

As I wrote previously, the Massachusetts Appeals Court recently decided the case of Suominen v. Goodman Industrial Equities, 78 Mass. App. Ct. 723 (2011). In Suominen, the plaintiff was a former construction manager of a small real estate development firm and was…

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Bonuses, Commissions, Massachusetts Wage Claims

Bonuses and Commissions under the Wage Act

by Nicholas F. Ortiz • January 15, 2012

It matters a great deal whether a certain type of pay is covered by the Massachusetts Weekly Payment of Wages Act (“Wage Act”). If a type of unpaid compensation is covered by the Wage Act, an employee is entitled to…

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