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Steffans Legal Represents Former Assistant Manager of a Gym in Massachusetts PFML Claim

Steffans Legal represents an assistant manager who was constructively discharged after returning to work prematurely during Massachusetts PFML leave related to the birth of her child.

Benjamin SteffansNovember 19, 2024Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Retaliation, Filed Cases and Current Representations

Steffans Legal Represents a Therapist in a Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Claim

Steffans Legal represents a Therapist who was terminated while she was on MA PFML leave and preparing to return to work with the employer claiming it no longer has any work for her.

Benjamin SteffansOctober 30, 2024Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Retaliation, Filed Cases and Current Representations

Steffans Legal Represents an Engineer in a Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Claim

Steffans Legal represents a Senior Compliance Engineer who was terminated for absences during approved medical leave covered by Massachusetts PFML.

Benjamin SteffansOctober 23, 2024Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Filed Cases and Current Representations, Retaliation

Steffans Legal Pursues Claim for Employee Arising Under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act

Steffans Legal represents a Senior Accounting Supervisor who was terminated for taking intermittent MA PFML in Medford, Massachusetts.

Benjamin SteffansOctober 14, 2024Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Filed Cases and Current Representations, Retaliation

Steffans Legal Pursues Three New Claims Under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act

Steffans Legal pursues three new claims under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act.

Benjamin SteffansNovember 7, 2023Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave

EEOC Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Related Questions an Employer May Ask Employees and Prospective Employees

The COVID-19 outbreak has changed many employment-related rules, including those that relate to what types of questions an employer may ask their employee or prospective employee regarding potential exposure to COVID-19.

Benjamin SteffansMarch 31, 2020Family Leave, COVID-19, Disability, Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Sick Leave, Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave

COVID-19 and Health-Related Absences: Know Your Rights Under Massachusetts Law

Massachusetts employees may be entitled to paid or unpaid medical leave or sick leave due to COVID-19 related quarantine, suspected illness or diagnosed illness, caring for a sick family member, or caring for a child at home due to COVID-19 related closures.

Benjamin SteffansMarch 25, 2020Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Disability, Disability Discrimination, Family Leave, Reasonable Accommodations, Sick Leave, COVID-19

Evidence Suggests Flo Partied While on Medical Leave -- Can We Fire Her?

Our Junior Associate, Flo, was caught possibly abusing medical leave. We walk you through Steffans Legal’s subsequent workplace investigation and decision making as to whether or not we could discipline or terminate her employment for the alleged abuse of medical leave.

Benjamin SteffansFebruary 3, 2020Disability, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Medical Leave, Medical and Sick Leave, Reasonable Accommodations, Retaliation, Sick Leave

Your Employee Has Requested an Accommodation. Now What?

Yesterday, Flo came to our management team requesting a workplace accommodation for a recently diagnosed illness she is suffering from. Let’s walk through whether she is covered under any employment laws and if so what we should consider when deciding whether we can accommodate her request.

Benjamin SteffansOctober 3, 2019Disability, Disability Discrimination, Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Reasonable Accommodations, Sick Leave

First Circuit Sides with Employer in Reasonable Accommodation Case

The First Circuit, in the case of Miceli v. JetBlue Airways Corp. et al. recently provided helpful guidance to employers and employees when it comes to one of the most difficult areas of employment law: leaves of absence resulting from mental impairments.

Benjamin SteffansFebruary 11, 2019Reasonable Accommodations, Disability, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Family Leave, Medical Leave, Discrimination, Medical and Sick Leave, Employer Counseling

Grand Bargain: Why is it Grand and What does it Mean?

By now, most of you have probably read about the bill signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker, colloquially referred to as the Grand Bargain. By any measure, this bill is surely “grand” in that it dramatically changes three important areas of employment law.

Benjamin SteffansNovember 29, 2018Wage and Hour, Medical Leave, Family Leave, Minimum Wage, Retaliation, Premium Pay, Medical and Sick Leave, Employer Counseling, Disability, Discrimination

Supreme Judicial Court Sides With Employers: Earned Sick Time Is Not Wages

A 2018 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court opinion confirmed that unused sick time is not wages under the Massachusetts Wage Act. As a result, employers do not have to compensate employees for unused sick time at the time of termination.

Vanita MistrySeptember 24, 2018Sick Leave, Employer Counseling, Wage and Hour, Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Severance and Separation

Supreme Judicial Court Holds that Sick Pay is Not a Wage Under Massachusetts Wage Act

The Massachusetts Wage Act may be the most employee-friendly statute around. Employees who succeed with claims under the Wage Act have their damages mandatorily tripled and their attorneys' fees paid.

Vanita MistryFebruary 9, 2018Wage and Hour, Sick Leave, Medical and Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Employer Counseling, Severance and Separation

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