On November 19, 2018, the Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County approved a settlement of a class action we brought against a Massachusetts home care agency. We were appointed as counsel for a settlement class of approximately 1,200 home health…
Overtime Wages
Overtime Rights for Hotel Workers
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Under Massachusetts law, individuals employed “in a hotel, motel, motor court or like establishment” are exempt from overtime, meaning that no matter what the worker does and no matter how many hours they work, they are not entitled to overtime…
Commissions
Commissions and Profit Sharing
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The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently decided the Wage Act commissions case, Ellicott v. American Capital Energy, Inc., No. 17-1421 (1st Cir. 2018). This case is interesting for a few reasons, but I’ll address two here.…
Attorney General Wage Complaint, Massachusetts Wage Claims
Massachusetts Attorney General Wage Act Advisories
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s new website doesn’t seem to link to the office’s past Wage Act advisories. These advisories have been cited multiple times by the SJC and are entitled to “substantial deference, at least where it is not inconsistent…
Massachusetts Wage Claims
Wage Act Uniform Deduction Class Action Certified versus Trinity EMS
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Yesterday, November 2, 2017, the Middlesex Superior Court certified our class action against Trinity EMS, based in Lowell, Massachusetts. In the case, we contend that, among other things, Trinity EMS unlawfully deducted charges for required uniforms from employee wages in violation…
Massachusetts Wage Claims
Startup Companies and Unpaid Wages
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Massachusetts is a good place to start a business, as it is home to many highly educated and entrepreneurial people who are able to team up with similar folks here to start successful businesses. While many of these businesses succeed,…