News

• You Sold Your Company, Now What?
  Understanding Non-Competes in M&A Transactions
  April 05, 2023
  
• Employment Law Alert: Employee Payroll Considerations in the Wake of the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
  March 13, 2023
  
• Employment Law Alert: The FTC’s New Proposed Rule on Non-Competes
  What Employers Need to Know
  January 10, 2023
  
• Employment Law Alert: Employer’s Watch List for 2023
  Updates to the MA Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
  November 28, 2022
  
• Employment Law Alert: The CROWN Act
  New Massachusetts Law Banning Discrimination Based Upon Natural or Protective Hairstyles
  August 22, 2022
  
• COVID-19 Resource Collection
  Coronavirus Updates
  July 21, 2022
  
• Employment Law Alert: Reimbursement or Travel Policies After Dobbs
  What Employers Should Know
  July 20, 2022
  
• COVID-19 Alert: CDC Update
  CDC Reduces COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Periods – Sets New Standards for the Management of COVID-Related Employee Absences
  January 05, 2022
  
• COVID-19 Alert: ETS Status Update
  The United States Supreme Court to Hear Argument on Private Employer Vaccine Mandate on January 7
  January 04, 2022
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Federal Vaccine Mandates
  What You Need to Know, Now
  November 15, 2021
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Emergency Leave Act
  New Massachusetts Law Provides COVID-Related Emergency Paid Leave To Employees
  June 02, 2021
  
• COVID-19 Alert: “Post-COVID” Workplace Guidelines
  Federal EEOC Issues New Workplace Guidelines Related to Employee Vaccinations and Employee Safety
  June 01, 2021
  
• COVID-19 Alert: The American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021
  What Employers Need to Know
  April 05, 2021
  
• COVID-19 Alert: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
  COVID-19 Relief Law Decoded: What Clients Need To Know Now
  January 12, 2021
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Mandatory Vaccination Programs
  EEOC Issues New Employer Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccines — Private Employers Poised To Play Front Line Role in Government's Mass Vaccination Effort
  December 22, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: FFCRA Leave Eligibility
  DOL Updates FAQs on FFCRA Leave as a New School Year Approaches
  August 28, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
  President Issues New Executive Order on Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
  August 13, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: FFCRA Update
  NY Federal Court Issues Opinion Invalidating Portions of the FFCRA
  August 13, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Employment Law Regulations
  The Complex Web of Employment Law Regulations Expands: The Latest COVID-19 Considerations for Massachusetts Employers
  July 27, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Antibody Testing
  EEOC Updates COVID-19-Related Employer Guidance on Antibody Testing
  June 26, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Employer Guidance Update
  EEOC Updates COVID-19-Related Employer Guidance
  June 15, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Interim Forgiveness & Audit Rules
  PPP Update: Treasury Department Releases New Regulations Related to PPP Forgiveness
  May 27, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form
  Treasury Department Releases PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form: Technical Aspects of PPP Loan Forgiveness Explained, But Questions Remain
  May 18, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: EEO Data Collections
  EEOC Announces Delay in EEO Data Collections
  May 11, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: “Higher Risk” Employees
  EEOC Issues Guidelines with Respect to COVID-19 "Higher Risk" Employees
  May 11, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Non-Essential Business Closings Extended Again
  MA Governor Extends Non-Essential Business Closings Until May 18, 2020
  April 29, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Unemployment Insurance
  Unemployment Options Under the Massachusetts Emergency Regulations
  April 27, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Re-Call of Employees to the Worksite
  Post-Quarantine Workplace: A Return-to-Work Guide
  April 27, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: New Unemployment Guidance
  DOL Releases New Guidance for Compliance with CARES Act and FFCRA
  April 03, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: PPP Interim Rules
  U.S. Treasury Releases Interim Rules on Paycheck Protection Program - What You Need to Know
  April 03, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  DOL Posts Temporary Rule Issuing Regulations on Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  April 02, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Non-Essential Business Closings Extended
  MA Governor Extends Non-Essential Business Closings Until May 4, 2020
  April 01, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Emergency Paid Sick Leave Guidance
  DOL Issues Revised Emergency Paid Sick Leave Guidance; Limits Scope of Small Business Exemption
  March 31, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: The CARES Act
  A Plain Language Guide to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security ("CARES") Act
  March 30, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: DOL Releases New Fact Sheets and FAQs
  DOL Releases New Fact Sheets and FAQs for Compliance with Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  March 25, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: IRS, DOL, and Treasury Plan
  IRS, DOL, and Treasury Issue Plan on Implementation of Payroll Tax Credit, Paid Leave and Other Employment-Related Provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  March 24, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Americans with Disabilities Act
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues Updated Guidance Related to COVID-19 Preparedness for “Essential Businesses”
  March 24, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: “Non-Essential” Businesses
  Massachusetts Governor Orders “Non-Essential” Businesses To Close Physical Workplaces By Tuesday, March 24
  March 23, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: Federal & State Resources
  Resources for Employers Managing the Impact of COVID-19
  March 20, 2020
  
• Employment Law Alert: Paid Family Medical Leave and Sick Time
  Congress Adopts Emergency Paid Family Medical Leave and Sick Time Standards; Contemplates Payroll Tax Deductions and Cash Payments to Offset Employer Costs
  March 19, 2020
  
• Employment Law Alert: Emergency Orders
  Governor Issues Emergency Orders that Require Most MA Employers to Modify Business Operations
  March 16, 2020
  
• COVID-19 Alert: CDC Interim Guidance
  Recommended Employer Response to the Coronavirus
  March 05, 2020
  
• Employment Law Alert: New Minimum Wage Rate
  New Minimum Wage for MA, and Year-End Bonuses & the MA Equal Pay Act
  January 08, 2020
  
• Employment Law Alert: Noncompete Reform
  Round Up of Noncompete Reform Coming to New England
  September 26, 2019
  
• Employment Law Alert: DOL Opinion Letter
  U.S. Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Classifying Workers in the Gig Economy As Independent Contractors
  June 06, 2019
  
• Employment Law Alert: Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
  A Primer to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law
  April 25, 2019
  
• Employment Law Alert: National Equal Pay Day
  Equal Pay Day in Massachusetts: Are you in compliance?
  April 02, 2019
  
• Employment Law Alert: FLSA Overtime Regulations
  U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Significant Changes to FLSA Overtime Regulations
  March 25, 2019
  
• Employment Law Alert: Non-Competition Laws
  Important Reminder: Changes to MA Non-Competition Laws Starting October 1 - What To Do Now
  September 25, 2018
  
• Five Employment Law Traps for CFOs
  with HR Oversight
  October 24, 2016