Massachusetts Mandates Equal Pay for Men and Women

• November 15, 2016

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• Posted by

  Donald Keavany |
• Business Law

The Massachusetts legislature recently passed the Pay Equity Act in 2016 that prohibits all employers from paying different wages to male and female employees who are performing comparable jobs. The new law will go into effect on July 1, 2018. Learn more:

New Case Law on Protecting Company Proprietary Information

• June 30, 2016

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• Posted by

  John Mavricos |
• Business Law

What Constitutes a Material Breach of An Employment Contract

• May 26, 2016

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• Posted by

  Donald Keavany |
• Business Law

On February 4, 2016, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled in EventMonitor, Inc. v. Leness that an employee’s copying and retention of his employer’s proprietary information was a breach, but not a material breach, of his employment contract, and thus did not constitute grounds to terminate the employee for cause or stop severance payments to the employee. This case will have a significant impact on the employment law field and serves as an important lesson to all Massachusetts employers.