Employment

Can an Employee’s Severance Pay Be Cut Off Based on After-Acquired Information?

Unfortunately, the Massachusetts appellate courts have not directly decided the issue whether an employer can re-characterize an employee’s termination from…

9 years ago

Giving Stock to Key Employees – Good Idea or Bad Idea?

by James L. Rudolph, Esq. As a small business grows, it is not unusual for a critical or key employee…

9 years ago

New Case Establishes Liability for Boston Restaurant Owners with Multiple Locations

by James L. Rudolph, Esq. and Robert P. Rudolph, Esq. In a first of its kind ruling by a Massachusetts…

10 years ago

Constructive Knowledge of Overtime Work Sufficient for Wage Act Liability

by Robert P. Rudolph, Esq. The Appeals Court of Massachusetts recently decided that an hourly employee who claimed that she…

10 years ago

Internships and the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Law

Internships, both paid and unpaid, are popular across nearly every industry throughout the country and in Massachusetts. (more…)

10 years ago

Firm News

Jon Friedmann and Adam Shafran recently obtained approval in Suffolk Superior Court of a Class Action lawsuit for $6.5 Million…

10 years ago

Massachusetts Finalizes Earned Sick Time Regulations

By Robert P. Rudolph, Esq. and Adam J. Shafran, Esq. After several months of public hearings on the new Earned…

10 years ago

Rudolph Friedmann Law Firm Obtains Millions For Massachusetts Trash Haulers

As reported by the The Boston Globe, NECN, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and other media outlets, Jonathon Friedmann and Adam Shafran…

10 years ago

Let Them Eat Lunch – Massachusetts Meal Break Law

By Adam J. Shafran, Esq. Under Massachusetts law, employees who work more than six hours a day must be allowed…

10 years ago

Employment Severance Agreements – Breaking Up Doesn’t Have to Be Hard to Do

When an employer decides to terminate an employee, it may begin a chain of events that can have serious implications…

10 years ago