Beginning on November 1, 2023, Massachusetts employees who receive PFML benefits from the Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFMU may supplement their leave benefits with accrued vacation, sick time, or other available employer-provided accrued paid leave benefits. This is a sweeping change as Massachusetts employers were previously prohibited from allowing employees to supplement (or…
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On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new standard to evaluate whether employer workplace policies or rules infringe upon an employee’s rights to engage in concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Under the new burden-shifting framework, employers must ensure that workplace policies are narrowly…
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Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a groundbreaking decision, McLaren Macomb, in which it held that severance agreements with broad confidentiality and broad non-disparagement provisions violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by, among other things, unlawfully restricting employees’ rights to engage in concerted activity or join together to advance their…
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