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Overtime Claims  – Common Class Action Types Here are some common types of overtime claims we handle on a class action basis. Restaurant Industry: Workers such as servers, bussers, and kitchen staff and claims for minimum wage, overtime, and tip-theft. Technical Support: Overtime claims for technical support workers in ... read more

Managed Care Organizations (MCO’s) often contract with State Health Departments to provide care for dually eligible Medicaid and Medicare patients pursuant to requirements established by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  Care coordinators provide case management services on behalf of the MCO to various populations. If you ... read more

Today, the Supreme Judicial Court issued its long-awaited decision in Reuter v. City of Methuen, SJC-13121 (April 4, 2022). In the case, the Methuen had terminated Ms. Reuter’s employment but had failed to pay her accrued vacation pay in the amount of $8,952.15 on that same day. Three weeks later, ... read more

Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistants (“RAs”) are notoriously underpaid and overworked in research programs all over the country. The budgetary constraints of grant-funded research programs often lead to understaffing, which in turn causes professors and other senior research staff to assign ever-increasing workloads to the RAs underneath them. This results in RAs ... read more

Now more than ever, nurses and other medical professionals are working long hours. Many of them are entitled to overtime pay. A federal court recently approved a $160 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. ... read more

The Massachusetts Wage Act (“Wage Act” or “Act”) requires all earned wages to be paid within six days of the end of pay period. M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148. The Wage Act applies to commission payments as long as the commissions are “definitely determinable” and “due and payable” (i.e. as ... read more

Many recent law school graduates and newly licensed attorneys work on document review projects while searching for stable, long-term employment. Most document review companies hire employees on a project-to-project basis and compensate those employees with an hourly wage. For many projects, the applicable compensation policy provides that employees are to ... read more

Recent litigation in Massachusetts has focused on whether rideshare drivers for companies such as Lyft and Uber are misclassified as independent. In the case of Cunningham v. Lyft, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-11974-IT, 2020 WL 2616302 (D. Mass. May 22, 2020) a Massachusetts federal judge recently ruled that that the defendant rideshare ... read more

Our firm is pleased to announce the conclusion of the class action case we brought against Six Flags New England on behalf of thousands of seasonal employees.  After extensive litigation, the Suffolk Superior Court recently approved a settlement which resulted in a $4 million fund to compensate seasonal workers for ... read more

If your employer has not paid you your paycheck, Massachusetts law guarantees you certain rights. First, your employer must pay you within six days after your pay period ends (seven days if you work a seven-day workweek). If you are fired, your employer must pay you all your earned wages ... read more

A New Option from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On March 27, 2020, in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. A major purpose of this wide-reaching law was to provide assistance to homeowners with federally-backed mortgages. In particular, ... read more

What You Need to Know and How to Stay in Your Home   Amidst a global pandemic and a faltering economy, many Massachusetts renters faced eviction. Many were, and still are, out of work due to the Covid-19 outbreak. On April 21, 2020, Massachusetts protected renters by passing an emergency ... read more

In the days before the Covid-19 pandemic, a new chapter of bankruptcy was created to make small business bankruptcies faster and cheaper.  This new “Subchapter V” could not have come at a better time. Who can file a Subchapter V Bankruptcy? Subchapter V is only available to small business ... read more

After years of steady growth, the value of taxi medallions in Greater Boston has begun to decline rapidly. Much of this is due to competition from ride share companies, such as Uber and Lyft. Many independent medallion owners funded their purchase with loans secured by mortgages on medallions. Many medallion ... read more

As most small business owners know, there are various business taxes a company is required to collect, account for, and pay over to the taxing authorities. In Massachusetts, businesses are required to withhold income for both state and federal income taxes for employees, pay additional employment taxes, and unemployment insurance ... read more