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	<description>By Massachusetts Employment Lawyer Jack Merrill</description>
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		<title>Legislature Holds Hearing on Bills that would Rewrite Independent Contractor Law</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/11/legislature-holds-hearing-on-bills-that-would-rewrite-independent-contractor-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee - Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A committee of the Massachusetts state legislature held a hearing on November 3, 2011 to take input on 4 pending bills that aim to revise the state&#8217;s independent contractor statute. The law has been under fire from some circles due to language that, read literally, essentially bans the use of contractors in Massachusetts. It&#8217;s not the first time opposition forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wage Act&#8217;s Triple Damages Provision is Not Retroactive</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/10/wage-acts-triple-damages-provision-is-not-retroactive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/10/wage-acts-triple-damages-provision-is-not-retroactive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee - Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts&#8217; highest court has ruled that the 2008 amendment to the state&#8217;s Wage Act is not retroactive. As a result, claims involving work that straddles the July 2008 effective date of the rewritten law will be governed by two different standards. For damages related to work that occurred prior to July 2008, a plaintiff employee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Shocks Employment Bar with Narrow Wage Act Ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/07/judge-shocks-employment-bar-with-narrow-wage-act-ruling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee - Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a decision that can be described as nothing less than shocking to many in the employment law arena, a superior court judge has held that the Massachusetts Wage Act does not apply to limited liability companies (LLC) in the same way it covers corporations. Applying a narrow view of the law&#8217;s specific language and rejecting the implications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers&#8217; Comp Insurance No Bar to Suit by Independent Contractors Hurt on the Job</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/06/workers-comp-insurance-no-bar-to-suit-by-independent-contractors-hurt-on-the-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/06/workers-comp-insurance-no-bar-to-suit-by-independent-contractors-hurt-on-the-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee - Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Judicial Court has added yet another reason for employers to properly classify their workers &#8212; the threat of a direct lawsuit by non-employees injured on the job, even if those workers first collect hefty workers&#8217; compensation payouts. In a May 23, 2011 decision, the Court held that the state law barring injured employees from suing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAGE ACT&#8217;S REACH EXPANDED BY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/02/wage-acts-reach-expanded-by-superior-court-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2011/02/wage-acts-reach-expanded-by-superior-court-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee - Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprising decision early this month, a superior court judge entered an expansive reading of the Massachusetts Wage Act that brings severance pay into the law&#8217;s ambit. If the thinking of Justice Dennis Curran is adopted by other judges or affirmed by the state&#8217;s appeals courts, it will leave employers who don&#8217;t make severance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misclassifying Workers Can Mean Big, Big Damages</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/09/misclassifying-workers-can-mean-big-big-damages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/09/misclassifying-workers-can-mean-big-big-damages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employers who misclassify their workers as independent contractors now have even more to worry about. In August, the state&#8217;s highest court made clear they could pay huge damages for this transgression of the law, even if they merely made an honest mistake. In a majority opinion, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concluded that employers can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Rulings Pose Risks For Employers</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/09/court-rulings-pose-risks-for-employers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/09/court-rulings-pose-risks-for-employers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts courts have been busy in the employment arena lately. In Summer 2009, they issued at least three substantive decisions that may force employers to take quick action on policy manuals, arbitration agreements and wage payment policies. Though none of the decisions change the law outright, each is employee friendly and stretches employer duties to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers Beware: Pay Wages on Time</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/05/employers-beware-pay-wages-on-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/05/employers-beware-pay-wages-on-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee - Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing Massachusetts courts are making clear lately, it&#8217;s that employers better pay their employees what they earn, and they&#8217;d better do it on time. They are slapping those who don&#8217;t with triple damage awards, adding 12 percent interest, and ordering them to pay their employees&#8217; legal fees. When the bill comes due, [...]]]></description>
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