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MRW is thrilled that new federal protections for pregnant workers are now in effect as of June 27, 2023. These protections, the PUMP Act (Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), were part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act that President Biden signed in December 2022. The PWFA […]
MRW is gratified to see that on March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment.” Forced arbitration clauses are frequently used by employers as a way to shield embarrassing litigation from the public. Arbitrations also tend to be much more employer-friendly than jury trials. Not […]
In celebration of the successful conclusion of the Orlando Riley v. Mass Department of State Police case, the MRW team gathered in honor of Mr. Riley and his wife Catia. A great time was had by all and we thank Mr. Riley for his perseverance throughout this hard fought and hard won case.
We are delighted to announce that MRW partner James Weliky will be a speaker at the Boston Bar Association’s event, “How Startups and Emerging Growth Companies Are Navigating Employment and Business Law Challenges in 2020” on March 9, 2020. This event will be focusing on employment and business law challenges that face startups and emerging […]
On January 3, 2020 MRW Partner Dahlia Rudavsky was featured on the WGBH Radio Show “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley,” on the Book Club segment. The show featured three women from the first cohort of female students at Yale University, as well as Yale-graduate and author Anne Gardiner Perkins, discussing Anne Perkins’ recent book, […]
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently published an article about the legal implications of using the catchphrase “OK, Boomer” in the workplace. “OK, Boomer” gained popularity online in 2019 as a retort to outdated attitudes stereotypically attributed to the Baby Boomer generation, currently ages 55 to 73 years old. “Jokes” within the workplace sometimes reveal negative stereotypes, […]
The Boston Globe recently ran an article publicizing the extreme discord among many of their employees, in particular their security guards. In recent years, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has been the subject of many complaints regarding racial discrimination in the workplace. While the museum hosts a staff that is more 70% white, people […]
On November 5-6, 2019, MRW partner Dahlia Rudavsky and associate Gavriela Bogin-Farber took part in MCLE’s Employment & Labor Law: MCLE BasicsPlus, a popular program Attorney Rudavsky has chaired for almost two decades. The two-day event offered a comprehensive introduction to employment and labor law. Both attorneys presented lectures designed to teach participants about statutes and caselaw […]
Boston Globe reporter, Victoria McGrane, recently interviewed MRW partner Ellen Messing regarding its decision to make Mass. State Police Trooper Robert Lima a full-time background investigator. Last December, in a case tried by MRW partners Ellen Messing and James Weliky, a jury found that Lima had conducted a racially biased background investigation of MRW client […]
In the latest chapter of MRW’s case, Blanchard, et al. v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc., et al. our clients, a group of nine nurses, have scored another victory at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The SJC denied the second motion of their former of their former employer , Steward Carney Hospital, to dismiss the Plaintiff’s […]