A recent Massachusetts court case demonstrates how non-solicit agreements work and how courts analyze them in determining whether a former employee engaged in conduct that amounted to solicitation in violation of a non-solicit agreement.
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The sky hasn’t fallen…Massachusetts court rules that new non-compete law does not require garden leave pay or, for that matter, any leave pay.
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A recent Massachusetts court, in the case of Valle v. Powertech Industrial, injected some helpful guidance as to when salespeople are employees and when they are independent contractors.
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A 2018 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court opinion confirmed that unused sick time is not wages under the Massachusetts Wage Act. As a result, employers do not have to compensate employees for unused sick time at the time of termination.
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The Massachusetts state legislature recently passed an act designed to radically change the use of non-competes in the Commonwealth.
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The Massachusetts Wage Act may be the most employee-friendly statute around. Employees who succeed with claims under the Wage Act have their damages mandatorily tripled and their attorneys' fees paid.
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