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Department of Labor Issues Further Guidance and April 1st Effective Date for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/30/20
Congress Finally Approves Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/23/20
A Failed Argument for Sleeping on the Job - Posted 3/23/20
Recent Lawsuit a Good Reminder to Practice Caution In Planning Holiday Parties - Posted 2/12/20
If at First You Don’t Succeed… The Department of Labor Announces a New Increase to the Minimum Salary Threshold for White Collar Employees - Posted 1/7/20
NLRB Changes the Definition of the Independent Contractor - Posted 3/6/19
Minimum Wage Increases for 2019 - Posted 1/3/19
Peter Bennett Elected as Maine State Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates - Posted 10/1/18
The Pins Are In at In-N-Out Burger - Posted 8/14/18
NLRB Edges Closer to a 3-2 Pro-Employer Majority with Confirmation of Board Member Kaplan - Posted 8/10/17
Massachusetts’ Highest Court Requires Workplace Accommodation for Medical Marijuana Positive Drug Test – Or Does It? - Posted 8/9/17
NLRB Trial Judge Appears to Cut Break for Financial Industry Employee Rules - Posted 7/27/17
Update: Court of Appeals Affirms the U.S. District Court’s Ruling Continuing the Application of the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law to Unionized Employers - Posted 1/3/16
Five New England States and New York Will Have Higher State Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Than the Federal Minimum - Posted 12/27/16
Employers Beware: Some States from Maine Through New York Impose a Higher Minimum Salary Threshold for the White Collar Overtime Exemption - Posted 12/14/16
UPDATE: Court Agrees to Expedite U.S. Department of Labor's Appeal of Injunction Blocking Overtime Rule - Posted 12/14/16
Legalization of Marijuana Creates Uncertainty as to the Rights of Employers in Responding to Marijuana Use Outside the Workplace - Posted 11/29/16
New Overtime Rule in Limbo: Federal Court Promises to Issue Opinion Next Week - Posted 11/17/16
New OSHA Rules Designed to Limit Non-DOT Mandatory Post-Accident Drug Testing - Posted 9/8/16
Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rule With a December 1, 2016 Effective Date - Posted 6/1/16
New Federal Trade Secrets Law Requires Immediate Employer Action - Posted 6/1/16
Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rule With a December 1, 2016 Effective Date - Posted 5/19/16
The Dangers of Looking the Other Way: Employer Held Liable to Pay Former Employee for Interrupting Lunch Breaks - Posted 4/25/16
Vermont Joins a Growing List of States to Mandate Paid Sick Leave - Posted 3/23/16
First Circuit Court of Appeals Gives Managers a Trial on Their FLSA Overtime Lawsuit - Posted 1/27/16
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects NLRB’s Lack Of Common Sense And Holds That Employer Is Entitled To Ban Employees From Wearing Unprofessional T-Shirt on House Calls
Colorado Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Employer’s Right to Prohibit Employee Medicinal Marijuana Use
Department of Labor Proposes Salary Requirement of $54,440 for White Collar Overtime Exemption
Connecticut Enacts Law Restricting Employers’ Access to Personal Social Media and Email Accounts
Government Agencies Issue Proposed Guidance and Regulations That Could Lead to “Blacklisting” of Certain Government Contractors
Massachusetts’ Mandatory Sick Pay Law Takes Effect July 1, 2015 – Full Compliance Deferred for Certain Employers until January 1, 2016
NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Common Employee Handbook Policies that his Office on NLRB Considers Unlawful
National Labor Relations Board Mandates That Employers Allow Employees Use of Work Email For Union Organizing and Related Activities
Disability Discrimination Under Maine’s Human Rights Act (MHRA)

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