Heading to the office today, I heard a young man behind me say, “Well, I’d been there six- and-a-half years, so it was time to move on.”  A few steps later, I heard him add, “Well, it was time for me to get health insurance.” This random comment fell right in line with the just [...]

I was just checking with the Department of Labor‘s local investigator regarding a wage classification issue. He informed me that the “word” has come down from HQ that the investigators are to now start calculating the penalty on wage claims at a 1.5 premium instead of the .5 premium when additional pay such as bonuses [...]

Remember when political opponents attacked California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman over the social security no-match letter she received in the early 2000’s regarding her maid? Many employers may have wondered just what those letters were all about, because for the past three years, the Social Security Administration stopped sending them out. As the saying goes, [...]

A new revision to Massachusetts’ Personnel Records Law requires employers to notify an employee within 10 days of the employer placing in the employee’s personnel record any negative information.