Last week, two of MRW’s founding partners made significant contributions to MCLE New England’s Employment & Labor Law: BasicsPlus! Ms. Rudavsky has been co-chairing and Ms. Messing has been presenting the leadoff session in this popular program for nearly two decades. This program provides an opportunity for new attorneys to learn the critical statutes and […]
We are pleased to announce that MRW and its partners have been recognized again this year by a group of peers for continuing excellency in Individual employment representation. Special congratulations are in order to Dahlia C. Rudavsky for her recognition as “Lawyer of the Year” in Individual Labor and Employment Law for the Greater Boston area. […]
On August 4th reporters from Fox 25 interviewed MRW partner Ellen J. Messing regarding apparent child labor on a construction site in Plymouth, Mass. Massachusetts has very strict rules barring children under the age of 16 from construction sites. According to Ellen, “it’s illegal in Massachusetts, it’s illegal everywhere to have kids working in construction, […]
The Boston Globe recently reported on the 150-0 vote in the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously approving a measure that seeks to strictly limit noncompete agreements and consequently attract more startups and skilled tech workers to Massachusetts. New limitations will ensure that noncompete durations do not exceed one year and employers must provide “garden leave” […]
Executive Employment Agreements: Scope of the Relationship & Compensation Arrangements On June 29th Ellen presented a webinar for the National Business Institute on navigating the intricacies of executive compensation agreements in the modern employment landscape. Highlights of the covered material include: How to effectively solidify the scope of duties and responsibilities of an executive Assuming […]
‘Verdrager’ seen as game-changer by plaintiffs’ bar In March MRW Online posted about Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky partner Ellen Messing’s Amicus Brief filed with the Massachusetts Employment Lawyer’s Association supporting Kamee Verdrager in her gender discrimination case against Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC. Recently decided in favor of Verdrager, a fantastic precedent has been […]
Join Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky partner Ellen Messing at the MBA’s 2016 Employment Law Conference. Learn about the latest decisions affecting Massachusetts employment law, what it means for employee advocacy, and how lawyers can best use recent court decisions to help clients face employment problems. The presentation will include information about decisions from the Massachusetts […]
In the past few weeks Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. partners Ellen Messing and Dahlia Rudavsky have been contacted to share their expert opinions on the latest issues in employment law. We are proud to see their input prominently featured by the journalists investigating these fascinating developments. Boston Globe- Chariot for Women Chariot for Women […]
Counterclaims and countersuits have an understandably intimidating effect on employees engaged in costly litigation with a better financed employer. Join Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. partner Ellen Messing this Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 2016, at the National Employment Lawyer’s Association’s Spring Seminar on Retaliation and Whistleblowing. Attorney Messing will be co-presenting Effectively Combating Retaliatory […]
In the current case of Kamee Verdrager v. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. et. al., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has focused on some issues of key importance to employee advocates: whether an employee can access employer documents that help support her discrimination claims if the documents are neither confidential nor privileged, […]
