On April 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (“PWFA”) went into effect. This new law mandates a variety of workplace accommodations for expecting
WLG is proud to announce that Mark Whitney has once again been selected by Thompson Reuters as a Massachusetts SuperLawyer. This is Mark’s 10th year to
As a recent Boston Globe article highlights, the impact of laws legalizing the use of recreational marijuana in the workplace remains unsettled. The Globe article discusses a
A Suffolk County Superior Court jury just handed a $28 million award to a former nurse who claimed she had suffered discrimination because of her
Today the Massachusetts Attorney General issued a long-awaited compliance guidance to help employers prepare for the effective date of the Act to Establish Pay Equity,
Mark Whitney was recently quoted in an article appearing in the Boston Globe concerning the increased use of “Love Contracts” by employers in response to relationships in
Late in 2017, a Norfolk County Superior Court jury awarded a 65-year-old plaintiff, James Beresford, $1.2 million in an age discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, Charles
NH follows the vast majority of states in the US with respect to the enforcement of non-competition agreements (“NCAs”). NH courts will enforce NCAs that
Mark Whitney was recently quoted in an article appearing in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly concerning severance agreements and their impact of release language on equity rights of senior
On June 15, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the federal trial court in Boston) denied the defendant’s motion to
On June 5, 2017, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court located in Boston, which covers Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and
The new law, the “Act to Establish Pay Equity,” was signed by Governor Charlie Baker on August 1, 2016. It replaces Massachusetts’ existing pay equity
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