Category: Massachusetts
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…
Harvard University Gets Lesson In “Higher Education” In Independent Contractor Case
From JDSupra, Mark Tabakman reports on a settlement between Harvard University and therapists and acupuncturists who alleged that…
Patriot Ledger delivery drivers ruled employees, not contractors
From The Boston Globe, Katie Johnston reports on the Appeals Court decision that newspaper delivery drivers were employees…
Massachusetts Appeals Court rules against Gatehouse, says its newspaper carriers are employees
From MassLive.com, Shira Schoenberg reports that the Massachusetts Appeals Court found that a newspaper carrier was an…
