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On December 9, partner Dahlia Rudavsky presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Annual Employment Law Conference. Ms. Rudavsky’s session was entitled “Hot Topics in Employment Law – Emerging Issues.” The session was webcast by MCLE. In connection with the session, Ms. Rudavsky prepared an article, “New Developments in Anti-Discrimination Law 2011: Expansion of Protection from […]
Ellen Messing was recently quoted in a Boston Herald article on the role of social media in the workplace. The article reported on a recent incident where the CEO of Boloco restaurants publicly fired an employee via Twitter after the employee criticized Boloco in a Twitter post. The text of the article can be found […]
MR&W applauds the passage of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill by the Massachusetts legislature last week on November 15 (House) and November 16, 2011 (Senate). Now signed into law by Governor Patrick, once the law takes effect, transgender people will be afforded the same protections from discrimination as their fellow Massachusetts citizens, including in employment, […]
There’s some recent good news for employees from the state’s highest court. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has clarified that employers may not reduce employees’ wages by charging the employees for the company’s insurance premiums, “franchise fees,” and the like. The case, Awuah, et al. v. Coverall North American, Inc., involved an employer that had […]
Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC is pleased to announce that partner Dahlia C. Rudavsky has been named Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section Council for 2011-2012. This will be Ms. Rudavsky’s third year in a leadership a role in the Section Council (she served two years as co-chair/vice chair with Tom […]
Jim Weliky will be speaking tomorrow on a panel with prominent management- and employee-side attorneys at a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program entitled “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Employment Law.” The program will be from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm at the MCLE Conference Center, Ten Winter Place, Boston. For more details, and […]
On May 12 of this year, Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. (“MR&W”) won a major victory in Massachusetts’s highest court. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled for MR&W’s client, Kimberly Schive, in a decision that expands the coverage of the state’s law prohibiting retaliation against employees who have claimed employment discrimination. Until the Court […]
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” –Abraham Lincoln Of the hours adults spend during the time they are awake, the largest percentage of […]