When: Thursday, April 5th, 2018, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Where: Social Law Library, John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Boston MA
Cost: $65
Social law Library and Lawyers Weekly present:
Jeffrey L. Hirsch, Esq
Author of
Labor and Employment
Law in Massachusetts
Partner, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
You will learn the latest statutory, regulatory, and judicial developments
involving:
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions regarding status of sick time under the Wage Act; pre-judgment interest and treble damages in Wage Act cases; Massachusetts Marijuana Act and M.G.L.c 151B; Massachusetts Appeals Court ruling on weight to be given to Opinion Letters issued by Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards
First Circuit Court of Appeals cases involving:
- Jury Instructions on "reasonable accommodations" in ADA cases
- Front pay determinations and required evidence in gender discrimination cases
- Section 1981 cases - no damages against state defendants
- Denial of enforcement of NLRB decision - substantial evidence standard
Updates On:
- Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Massachusetts Equal Pay Act and applicable guidelines, including rules for
interviewing and hiring, making internal assessments and affirmative defense audits - NLRB recent rulings reversing numerous "Obama Board" rulings involving Section 7 concerted activity, employer policies; definition of "joint employer," reversal of "micro-unit" case
- U.S. Department of Labor - status of Part 541 "Exempt" salary test regulations and recent ruling on "interns" under FLSA
- Discussion of recent news from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
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