What is a “Wage and Hour Complaint”? Where do I find the Massachusetts Labor Board? If you are owed wages from your employer in Massachusetts, one avenue of relief is to pursue litigation (a lawsuit) in order to recoup those wages as damages. Prior to the filing of any lawsuit in Massachusetts that...

Employers often assume that employees or independent contractors that are paid on a per job or piecework basis do not have to be paid overtime. While paying employees on a piece rate (piecework, per diem, per piece) basis is permissible under both the FLSA and state law, it does not relieve employers...

In Massachusetts the law holds employee wages in extremely high regard and with great protection. However there are some valid, but extraordinarily limited situations when employer’s can make deductions from your wages. Wage deductions or set-offs from wages made by employers are not usually permissible...

It’s nearly impossible to be a correctly classified, lawful, Independent Contractor here in Massachusetts (See this recent post).  As a further illustration, in a complex, and sweeping decision, the First Circuit has found Franchisees (individuals who purchase a franchise from a franchisor)...

In Massachusetts, it is nearly impossible to be correctly classified as an independent contractor. M.G.L.  c. 149, § 148B states that in order to be classified as an independent contractor (and not an employee) all three of the following must be established: 1) the...

Can I Be Fired for Asserting My Rights to unpaid overtime? Unpaid wages? Unpaid commissions? Unreimbursed expenses? The Answer is, No. You cannot be fired for asserting your legal rights.  Pursuant to the statute, if you are terminated for asserting your rights (even internally,...