The Unruly Patient and the Safety of Your Practice
You’ve worked hard to create a professional and comfortable dental practice and a safe working environment for all your employees.
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You’ve worked hard to create a professional and comfortable dental practice and a safe working environment for all your employees.
Until 2015 Massachusetts, like most states, had a maternity leave act (MMLA), which provided up to eight (8) weeks of...
HELENE HORN FIGMAN, JDA member of the Massachusetts Bar for more than 30 years, Attorney Figman is an employment law...
It’s a Donald Trump trademark. But is it the best way to let an employee go? Hopefully, you would tell...
Overtime pay is a hot topic and wage and hour settlements are at an all-time high.
Business owners hear the word “contract” and think, “I’m getting locked into something with this employee.” After all, the Commonwealth...
First, there is no Massachusetts statute requiring that business provide vacation as a benefit to their employees.
I’m a small private employer with three employees. I have two hourly and one salaried employee that work overtime.
Summertime can affect the workplace in many ways, including shorter workweeks, more vacation time, and company picnics.
Massachusetts’ new data security law requires businesses to implement certain procedures for the protection or disposal of “personal information” in...
Do you have a need for seasonal or part-time workers? Often, employers turn to high school age employees.
A new health care law signed on March 23rd 2010 provides working breastfeeding mothers with reasonable accommodation.
All employers with 20 or more employees are required by Massachusetts law to maintain personnel files.
Most employers are in a conundrum regarding weather related closings. There are so many business considerations.
What do you do when you receive a call asking about a former employee? Providing a reference is a potential...
Can you withhold money from an employee because he made a mistake or caused damage to your business? Yes, but...
Both businesses and individuals have reasons to favor an independent contractor arrangement rather than an employment relationship.
Certainly one of the most misunderstood areas in employment law relates to whether a terminated employee is entitled to unemployment...
Doing a performance review is not an enviable task.