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3 Discrimination Takeaways From The Latest High Court Term
Gavriela M. Bogin-Farber, senior associate in the firm’s Employment Department and president of Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (MELA), was quoted... Read More »
Nancy S. Shilepsky and Brian J. MacDonough published in Law360 on the application of the doctrine of the ministerial exception
Nancy S. Shilepsky, partner in the firm’s Employment Department, and Brian J. MacDonough, chair of the department, were published in Law360 on March... Read More »
Discrimination Alert: Most Employees of Religious Institutions Remain Protected, At Least for Now
On March 5, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (the SJC), issued a decision that prevents religious institutions from... Read More »
Brian J. MacDonough published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on unlawful discrimination in the workplace
Brian J. MacDonough, chair of the firm’s Employment Department, was published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) on March 12, 2020.... Read More »
Sticks and Stones May Break Bones, But Words May Constitute Unlawful Discrimination
In recent months, there have been several news stories about the legal implications of inappropriate and/or offensive language in our... Read More »
Navigating the Job Interview: Spotting and Responding to Potentially Unlawful Interview Questions
Largely gone are the days when employers could blatantly make hiring decisions based upon unlawful factors, like the sign in... Read More »
Cases to Watch: United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether Title VII’s Prohibition against Sex Discrimination Protects LGBTQ Individuals
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear three cases on October 8, 2019 that will determine whether Title VII’s... Read More »
“But I Can’t Prove It.” Yes You Can, With Circumstantial Evidence
It is impossible to count the number of times we have heard an employee say, “I know something is wrong... Read More »
Proposed Changes to the MCAD’s Procedural Regulations
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”) recently released new draft procedural regulations, which aim to substantially overhaul the existing ones... Read More »
High Court Reinforces Discrimination Is About More Than Money
Discrimination in the workplace can take many forms and present itself in countless ways. Many people mistakenly believe that discrimination... Read More »
LEGAL ALERT: Updated Equal Pay Act, Effective July 1, 2018
On July 1, 2018, the new Massachusetts Equal Pay Act takes effect. The Office of the Attorney General has published... Read More »
