Massachusetts’ Highest Court Rules No Double Recovery Allowed for Back Wages
8/5/20
By: Zinnia Khan
On July 14, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) of Massachusetts held employees cannot recover unpaid back wages under two different Massachusetts wage laws because doing so would amount to a double recovery with the same set …
Going Out with a “Goat Bang”
7/27/18
Employee’s Slang in Comments on Social Media Protected as Concerted Activity
By: Robyn Flegal
A panel of the National Labor Relations Board ordered an Iowa electric company to rehire and pay back wages to a utility pole employee who was …
Coffee, Water, Less Than 20 Minutes
6/19/18
SCOTUS KICKS THE CAN ON SHORT BREAKS COMPENSATION
By: John McAvoy
On June 11, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to entertain the appeal of a Pennsylvania employer that could have resolved the emerging split of authority between the federal …