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Recently, in affirming a decision by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ("MCAD"), the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that a racial epithet can constitute discrimination in terms and conditions of employment.

The Massachusetts Senate's Committee on Rules is advancing legislation on noncompetes that differs markedly from the bill passed by the House and described here last week.

Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that an employer may be liable under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151B to a former employee for retaliatory conduct that occurs after the employment relationship has ended.

This blog has reported on efforts over the past few years to enact legislation that would either prohibit or significantly reform the law of noncompetes in Massachusetts.

Last week, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo joined the agency's regional prosecutors in concluding that some NCAA student athletes are employees, instructing the Board's regional prosecutors...

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board held that an employer violated Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act by maintaining a policy that prohibited employees from making certain audio or video recordings in the workplace.

Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released the final version of its new joint employer rule, which limits the circumstances in which franchisors and businesses that use employees

On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that significantly narrows employers' options in contesting union organizing efforts through secret ballot elections.

On February 26, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board vacated its recent ruling in the Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Inc. case that had set a new standard for determining joint employer status.

On January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden used his first full day in office to issue an Executive Order focused on increased COVID-19 protections for the nation's workers, including the most...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has voted to propose rescinding its decades-old requirement that employers submit annual EEO-1 reports detailing workforce demographics by race and sex. This proposed rule change would eliminate reporting obligations for private employers with 100+ employees and certain federal contractors, though the agency maintains it will still request records during discrimination charge investigations.

The rise of social media websites has created a host of challenges for employers.

The SJC affirmed the lower court's decision.

In so holding, the Court rejected the principle, cited by the Ninth Circuit, that the FLSA exemptions should be construed narrowly.

On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Muldrow v. St. Louis that rejected a heightened injury standard for Title VII claims based on job transfers...

On June 27, 2018, in a 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME, the United States Supreme Court overruled longstanding precedent and held that public employees who are not members of a union elected...

Yesterday, the Supreme Judicial Court held in Warfield v. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, that a broad arbitration clause in an employment agreement did not apply to discrimination claims under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151B.