Young workers may have less work experience, but they have rights like any other employees. As business owners employing these passionate and striving youth workers, you must ensure a welcoming environment that helps them ease in and thrive in their chosen careers....
Employment Law
The ABC test: How it can help businesses avoid an FLSA violation
Businesses in Massachusetts are required by law to accurately classify their workers as either independent contractors or employees. It's not a matter of choice or preference. It's a legal obligation. Unfortunately, some businesses might misclassify workers as...
How exempt employee misclassification results in wage theft
Wage theft comes in many forms, usually in unpaid or shorted salary, overtime pay and commissions. However, there is one type of wage theft that can easily be overlooked by any employee who is uninformed by the employment laws: the misclassification of employees as...
How are federal labor laws different from state laws?
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a law that protects workers in the United States against unreasonable and unfair pay practices. Congress adopted the FLSA during the Great Depression to establish minimum wage and overtime pay guidelines. It provides a standard...
What workers are exempt from overtime pay?
Wage theft is a serious concern in the United States. Despite numerous laws protecting the rights of workers, there are thousands of employees each year who do not receive the full pay for their labor that they should. There are many companies that do not abide by...
Massachusetts’ PFML program offers paid leave
Massachusetts is one of just 11 states, along with the District of Columbia, that guarantee paid family and medical leave for employees. Workers in all states have the right to take time off to care for a close family member or their own medical needs thanks to the...
Proposed DOL change addresses employee misclassification
One of the most common wage and hour violations by employers is misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Whether it’s done intentionally or unintentionally, misclassifying someone as an independent contractor can cost them income, benefits and legal...
Company violated multiple FLSA provisions in Shrewsbury location
Many of the violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) investigated by the federal government involve wage and misclassification regulations. Take a Massachusetts case involving a courier service that was settled late last month. The company was accused of...
Want to avoid paying overtime? Do it legally
The economy is bouncing up and down and inflation is causing prices on just about everything to skyrocket. Small business owners need to do everything they can to avoid extra costs if they want to survive – and that may include finding ways to avoid overtime. It’s...
2 ways companies deny their workers earned overtime pay
Both hourly workers and non-exempt salaried employees that earn lower wages should receive overtime pay if they have to put in more than 40 hours of labor in a particular work week. Your right to overtime pay has protection at both the federal and state level. While...