My Articles About Employment Law

You may click below to read articles I have written which provide information about the following employment related topics:

GENDER IDENTITY NOW A PROTECTED CATEGORY IN MASSACHUSETTS - November 30, 2011
PERSONNEL RECORDS LAW AMENDED TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES WHEN NEGATIVE INFORMATION IS PLACED IN THEIR PERSONNEL RECORDS (August 16, 2010)
GENETIC INFORMATION" DISCRIMINATION REGULATIONS IMPOSE NEW COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS ON EMPLOYERS –December 2010
PERSONNEL RECORDS LAW AMENDED TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES WHEN NEGATIVE INFORMATION IS PLACED IN THEIR PERSONNEL RECORDS (August 16, 2010)
NEW LAW REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE TIME AND SPACE FOR NURSING MOTHERS (April 2010; With Update Added August 2010)
CORI (CRIMINAL OFFENDER RECORD INFORMATION) LAWS AMENDED, BOTH BROADENING AND NARROWING CRIMINAL RECORD ACCESS, AND CHANGING EMPLOYER ACCESS RULES AND PROCEDURES (August 16, 2010)
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT UPDATE: THE DEFINITION OF PARENTAL "IN LOCO PARENTIS" RELATIONSHIP EXPANDED (July 2010)
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16, 2009 GREATLY EXPAND THE FMLA, PLACING NEW OBLIGATIONS ON BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES (ARTICLE WRITTEN IN JANUARY 2009)
THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA): A BASIC SUMMARY OF THE FMLA, NOW THAT THE LAW HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND A NEW SET OF FMLA REGULATIONS ISSUED (Article written in February 2009)
THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) EXPANDED TO PERMIT EMPLOYEES TO TAKE 26 WEEKS OF LEAVE TO CARE FOR SERIOUSLY INJURED OR ILL MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS, AND TO TAKE LEAVE FOR MILITARY SERVICE RELATED “EXIGENCIES” (ARTICLE WRITTEN IN FEBRUARY 2008)
THE MASSACHUSETTS MATERNITY LEAVE STATUTE (ARTICLE WRITTEN IN 2006)
WHICH EMPLOYEES ARE EXEMPT FROM OVERTIME PAY REQUIREMENTS? (ARTICLE WRITTEN IN 2004)
EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS: HOW CAN EMPLOYERS MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH MASSACHUSETTS AND FEDERAL LAWS AND MINIMIZE LITIGATION RISKS? (ARTICLE WRITTEN IN 2006)
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND OTHER TYPES OF WORKPLACE HARASSMENT (ARTICLE WRITTEN IN 2006)







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