Employees who apply for Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) benefits on or after November 1, 2023 through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) may choose to supplement (i.e. “top off”) weekly benefit amounts with their accrued vacation pay, sick pay, or other paid time off benefits, up to the amount…
When confronted with an employee complaint of discrimination, harassment or retaliation, employers have a duty under the law to investigate the complaint and take prompt remedial action to end the misconduct. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) recommends “prompt, thorough, and impartial” investigations of internal discrimination complaints. If the investigation uncovers misconduct, employers should…
The COVID-19 pandemic may permanently change the landscape of the workplace, which means that workplace policies will need to change to reflect that new landscape. There has been much speculation about whether employees who have been working remotely through the pandemic will ever physically return to a traditional office. Although the numbers are not yet…
