Brian E. Lewis
Jackson Lewis PC
Articles
Massachusetts Updates Paid Family and Medical Leave Contribution Rates, Maximum Benefit Payment Limits for 2022
USA - October 5 2021 The Department of Family and Medical Leave is required to update employer contribution rates and maximum benefit amounts each October 1 for the…
Massachusetts Extends COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave to April 2022
USA - September 30 2021 In spring 2021, Massachusetts established a statewide mandate for employers to temporarily provide employees up to 40 hours of MA EPSL when they are…
Service Charge or Administrative Fee? A Distinction With a Difference, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Holds
USA - September 8 2021 Although it may have intended for a customer charge to be treated as an administrative overhead fee separate from gratuities paid to its employees, a…
Massachusetts Employers Must Provide Up to 40 Hours of COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave
USA - June 1 2021 Massachusetts has established a statewide mandate for employers to temporarily provide employees up to 40 hours of COVID-19 Massachusetts emergency…
Massachusetts to Advance COVID-19 Reopening Plan; Boston to Delay Reopening
USA - February 26 2021 Governor Charlie Baker has announced that Massachusetts would advance to Step 2 of Phase III of the State’s reopening plan on March 1, 2021, relaxing…
