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…
Category: Massachusetts Wage Claims
Wage Claims for Uber and Lyft Drivers
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Recent litigation in Massachusetts has focused on whether rideshare drivers for companies such as Lyft and Uber are misclassified as independent. In the case of Cunningham v. Lyft, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-11974-IT, 2020 WL 2616302 (D. Mass. May 22, 2020) a…
Case Report: Conclusion of Six Flags Unpaid Overtime Class Action
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Our firm is pleased to announce the conclusion of the class action case we brought against Six Flags New England on behalf of thousands of seasonal employees. After extensive litigation, the Suffolk Superior Court recently approved a settlement which resulted…
My employer didn’t pay me, what can I do?
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If your employer has not paid you your paycheck, Massachusetts law guarantees you certain rights. First, your employer must pay you within six days after your pay period ends (seven days if you work a seven-day workweek). If you are…
Massachusetts Wage Class Actions
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Claims under the Massachusetts Wage Act can sometimes be brought as class actions. This usually makes sense when there is a common policy or practice of the employer that affects many employees in a similar way. There are many examples…
Massachusetts Laws Governing Final Pay
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The basic rule regarding final pay in Massachusetts is this: 1) An employee who is terminated involuntarily must be paid in full on the day of discharge. 2) An employee who quits a job can be paid on the next…
Tip Law in Massachusetts
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The sharing of employee tips has led to a fair amount of controversy in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Tip Act, M.G.L. c. 149, s. 152A, sets forth employees’ rights to tips and service charges. Here are the basic details: Employees are…
Delaying or Deferring Wages is Illegal
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has upended life in the Commonwealth, causing serious health problems, mass layoffs, and fundamentally changing our day-to-day lives. While many “non-essential” employers have shuttered in response to Governor Baker’s COVID-19 order, many employers remain open because…
Case Report: $2 Million Wage Act Class Action Settlement
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On January 14, 2019, settlement checks went out to the more than a thousand class members in a class action we brought against a Massachusetts home healthcare company. We were appointed as counsel for a settlement class of home health…
Case Report: Massachusetts Superior Court Certifies Home Health Aide Class Action
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On February 25, 2019, the Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County certified three classes of home health aides in Portillo, et al., v. Compassionate Homecare Inc., et al., Case No. 17-0283A, an unpaid wage class action. Our law firm was…