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Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky partner James Weliky has been appointed to serve on the Boston Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Steering Committee for their 2012-2013 term. The Steering Committee plays a leading role in planning the activities of the Labor and Employment Section and developing the Section’s policy initiatives. Mr. Weliky will serve as […]
On June 8, partner Dahlia Rudavsky will chair an on-line Briefing on Retaliation Claims in Discrimination Cases, sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. Panelists will include Betty Waxman, a long-time hearing officer at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and Tom Gallitano of the firm Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford, LLP, a lawyer who represents […]
We are pleased to announce that on March 19, 2012, Governor Deval Patrick reappointed Attorney Jim Weliky to a seat on the Boston Finance Commission. Created in 1909 by the Massachusetts legislature, the Boston Finance Commission is a watchdog agency that reviews and analyzes the City of Boston’s contracting, financial and other operations in order […]
MRW attorneys Ellen Messing and James Weliky drafted sections of a “friend-of-the-court” (amicus) brief recently submitted to the federal First Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of a coalition of workers rights and civil rights organizations. The coalition includes the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, and five other civil rights advocacy […]
Ellen Messing has been selected to represent the entire National Employment Lawyers Association at an upcoming meeting of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules being held at University of Michigan on March 22-23. The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, formed under the umbrella of the Administrative Office of United States Courts, evaluates revisions to the […]
Ellen Messing will serve as an expert panelist at the National Employment Lawyer Association’s annual spring seminar, being held March 16-17 in Seattle. The conference, titled “The ABCs of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment Cases,” will focus on the widespread and often mandatory use of mediation and arbitration in employment disputes. Ms. Messing’s panel will […]
James Weliky recently served on the faculty of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s February 16 seminar on “Employment Law for Business Lawyers & In-House Counsel.” This annual program aims to provide business lawyers with the knowledge enabling them to address common employment law issues and to ensure their businesses provide a legally compliant workplace for employees. […]
Dahlia Rudavsky testified before the Massachusetts House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on January 24, 2012 to advocate for fairness in insurance coverage for mentally disabled employees. Currently, disability insurance policies provided by employers typically provide coverage to employees who are unable to work due to physically disabilities for as long as they remain disabled. […]
Ellen Messing recently authored a letter defending the practice of providing attorney fee awards to employees who victoriously challenge illegal discrimination at trial. The letter, published on Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s website on January 5, 2012 and in their January 9, 2012 print edition, can be found here.
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 […]