Category: Massachusetts
MA: Cleaning Company Cited $335,000 for Wage, Payroll Violations and Worker Misclassification
WorkersCompensation.com reports that a Massachusetts cleaning company will pay $335,000 for wage law violations including misclassifying workers…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Class Action Standards for Wage and Hour Cases
From Lexology, Stephen T. Melnick reviews a recent case in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court discussed…
Contractor can’t sue as third-party beneficiary
From Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Kris Olson reports that a contractor cannot sue the client of the party…
Foreign manufacturer misclassifies Mass. sales rep as contractor
From Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Eric T. Berkman discusses a recent Massachusetts case in which a sales representative…
Lyft drivers bound by ‘clickwrap’ arbitration clause
From Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Pat Murphy A Massachusetts Lyft driver’s class action alleging that the ride-sharing company…
Massachusetts Misclassification Claims barred by Statute of Limitations
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports on a misclassification claim that was limited by the statute of limitations because…
Malden business owners indicted for falsely misclassifying workers, concealing more than $2.8 million in payroll
From the Boston Globe, Jackson Cote reports that two owners of a cleaning company have been…
Massachusetts Enacts Law on Noncompete Agreements
From Lexology, David J. Santeusanio and Andrew Silvia provide an excellent overview of the Massachusetts statute governing noncompete…
Massachusetts Legislature Passes Comprehensive Noncompete Reform
From Lexology, Melissa McDonagh and Kevin Burke report on the recently passed (but not yet signed…
SJC justices urge lawmakers to update independent contractor law
From MassLive, Shira Schoenberg reports that Massachusetts Supreme Court Justices encouraged the legislature to clarify the state’s independent…
Mass Attorney General Leads Multi-State Effort To Curb Worker Misclassification
From Framingham Source, Susan Petroni reports tha Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy joined in a brief to the…
Out-of-State Workers May Bring Suit under Massachusetts Independent Contractor Statute
This is a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case from 2013 but it came up in a…
