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Employment Law 101: You Can Be Fired For a Good Reason, a Bad Reason, or No Reason At All, Just Not For an Unlawful Reason

By Attorney Tara Swartz – I am frequently contacted by employees who tell me they have a ‘wrongful termination’ case and need a lawyer. I am told things such as their termination was unfair, or for no reason, or because their boss didn’t like them. There are...

Attorney Tara Swartz Named to 2015 Super Lawyer List

Attorney Swartz has been selected for inclusion in the 2015 Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional...

Department of Labor Wage Rule for Home Care Workers to be Implemented

The DOL’s Final Rule providing many home care workers protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) including the right to minimum wage and overtime is moving forward for implementation. While the rule was to become effective January 1, 2015, an...

Earned Sick Leave Update: Employees of Private Companies Contracting with the Federal Government are Now Entitled to Paid Sick Leave

By Attorney Tara Swartz – President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order on Labor Day, 2015 extending the right to paid sick leave to employees across the country working for private companies who contract with the federal government. The new rule...

Massachusetts’ New Earned Sick Leave Law

By Attorney Tara Swartz – On July 1, 2015, the Massachusetts Earned Sick Leave Act, M.G.L. c. 149 § 148C, went into effect. The Act provides that all employees with a primary place of work in Massachusetts can earn and take up to 40 hours of sick time per...

Internships – Should you be paid?

By Attorney Tara Swartz – The question of whether an internship is appropriately unpaid as a learning opportunity or should be paid in accordance with the federal and state wage and hour laws has become a hot topic in recent years. At the end of the day the...

Workplace Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence

The Massachusetts Domestic Violence Act is an expansive law enacted in 2014 that in addition to instituting reforms throughout the criminal justice system and in other areas extends protections to victims of domestic violence and their family members in the workplace....

Attorney Tara Swartz Named to 2014 Super Lawyer List

Attorney Swartz has been selected for inclusion in the 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyer List. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The...