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Only Terminated Employees Who Are in a Legally Protected Status Have Wrongful Termination Cases There are limited legal claims for terminated employees in Massachusetts. Whether they have a claim depends on whether they fall within a legally protected status. -
Home Health Aides who are not paid travel time and mileage can hire an attorney to bring a wage claim and receive up to three times their unpaid travel time and mileage. The Massachusetts Wage Act requires employers to pay HHAs both travel time and mileage. It is a Wage Act violation not to pay HHAs travel time and mileage. -
Are you an HHA who travels every day for patient visits? Does your paystub look like this? This article provides a break down of travel time pay and travel expenses that employers must compensate qualifying employees for. -
How Two Waiters Whose Complaints Were Ignored By Their Employer Won a Massachusetts Class Action Tips Case Restaurants or banquet halls taking tips or charging house fees or service fees without telling the customer they don't go to the server is against MA Wage Law -
A Traveling Healthcare Worker: Should You Be Paid For Driving To Patients' Homes? Home home aides (HHA) and PCAs must be paid for travel time between patients. Time spent driving to homes or jobsites in workday is supposed to be on the clock. -
Massachusetts Homeowners Have Legal Rights to Challenge and Correct Wells Fargo's Forced Forbearance Homeowners Have Legal Claims Against Wells Fargo for Being Placed Into Forbearance Without Permission Which Damaged Their Credit and Ability to Refinance -
Big Violations Cost Big Money! Big Lots, Inc. Settles For $7 Million In Wage And Hour Case Employees can sue if their breaks were interrupted or they got no lunch breaks at all. Workers must be paid for all time they are required to be onsite. -
Potential Claims Resulting From COVID-19 - Part III: Taking on Gigs vs. Being an Employee During the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, employers may illegally classify employees as 1099 "gig" contractors. Compare an employee to 1099 worker: what are you? -
Potential Claims Resulting From COVID-19 Part II: Working Remote Does Not Equal Being On Call 24/7 Working remotely from home during the COVID-19 crisis does not mean you are available 24/7. And you need to be compensated for all of the time you put in. -
Potential Claims Resulting From Covid-19: PART 1: Delay in the Payment of Wages Delay in the payment of wages, even during a pandemic, violates the MA Wage Act. Your employer needs to pay you within 6-7 days of pay period ending.