Employment

Buoyed by strong gains in the outlook for employment, Massachusetts employers began 2020 on an optimistic note, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Business confidence held steady during the first month of the new year, with the AIM Business Confidence Index rising 0.1 points to 62.3 in January. That reading was comfortably within optimistic […]

A number of legal groups are calling for the Boston Police Department to discontinue a controversial hair drug test that they say has yielded disproportionately false positive findings for black officers and cost the city millions in legal fees, as reported by masslive.com Public records requests show the Boston Police Department spent more than $2.1 […]

Good Morning America reports on the Maria Alves story on their wellness website.  GMA discusses postpartum depression and spotlights the Alves case and the Fogelman Law victory at trial against Boston University.   We appreciate the coverage and the attention being paid to this important issue! https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/woman-wins-lawsuit-fired-struggling-postpartum-depression-66261490

Our law firm is proud to report on a trial victory in Suffolk Superior Court.  We represent Maria Alves, who was fired from her administrative job at Boston University after nine years.  Maria developed postpartum depression following her maternity leave and was not able to return to work right away.  After allowing her one medical […]

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that the failure to grant a lateral transfer may be the basis of a discrimination claim under Massachusetts anti-discrimination law where an employee can show there are material differences between the two positions in the opportunity for compensation, or in the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. To […]

Massachusetts now has one of the toughest laws restricting non-compete clauses in work contracts, and it looks as though they’ll be a less common at businesses in the state. One reason is the so-called “garden leave,” a unique part of the Commonwealth law. If workers sign a non-compete, the employer will have to pay them […]

In a major freedom of speech decision on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector labor unions, ruling that public employees cannot be forced to pay fees or dues to a union to which he or she does not belong. NEPR reports that the high court handed down its 5-4 ruling in Janus […]

On March 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) issued detailed guidance on the amendments to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA), which are set to go into effect on July 1, 2018. The amendments, which were enacted in 2016, will overhaul MEPA, a law that has been in effect for over 70 years, and make it […]

State leaders are reviewing sexual harassment policies and calling for more protections for accusers amid allegations of unwanted sexual advances on female staffers and lobbyists on Beacon Hill, as reported by North of Boston Media Group. House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, has directed his legal team to review the state’s policies on sexual harassment and […]

The Associated Press reports that backers of a drive to gradually boost the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour told a legislative committee that many people who work full time at their jobs still live in poverty and struggle to support their families. The group Raise Up Massachusetts is collecting signatures to put a […]