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New COVID-19 Lawsuit Highlights Reopening Challenges

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With businesses reopening in Massachusetts, a major challenge is how to handle employee concerns about returning to the workplace while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Laws enacted to specifically address COVID-19 in the workplace protect employees who contract the illness, need to take care of a household member who has contracted the illness, or cannot work due to COVID-19-related child care…
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SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS – IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES

Severance agreements are contracts between an employer and a departing employee that formalize the terms of the separation- and beyond.  While people are generally aware that employers sometimes offer a severance agreement, there are some important facts that employees should know in the event that they are presented with one and asked to sign it. Like most contracts, severance agreements…
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Terminating Employee to Avoid Hefty Commission Amounts to a $1 Million Mistake

Francoise Parker marketed energy services for EnerNOC, Inc., for which she was paid a base salary and commissions. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that EnerNOC’s decision to withhold more nearly $350,000 in commissions because Ms. Parker was no longer employed by the Company subjected the Company to treble damages. In short, EnerNOC could not evade the Massachusetts Wage…
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Discrimination Claim Due to Employee’s Failure to Disclose Health Conditions

While it is important for employers to diligently engage in an interactive process with its employees, a recent case demonstrates the importance of the obligation of employees in certain situations to disclose medical diagnoses relevant to their ability to perform the essential functions of their job. In a December 23, 2019 decision, Flaherty v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 946 F.3d 41…
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Bennett & Belfort Attorney Presents at Suffolk Law Symposium

On November 21, 2019 Bennett & Belfort P.C. attorney Craig D. Levey served as a panelist at Suffolk Law School’s Fall Symposium entitled Automation In The Legal Profession: But At What Costs? The panel was hosted by the Journal of High Technology Law, and focused on the intersection between human attorneys and automation in the legal field. Mr. Levey discussed…
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