Massachusetts employees know that you are entitled to a lunch break while at work. As a matter of fact, it's Massachusetts law that workers have a right to at least a 30-minute meal break for each six hours worked in a calendar day. During this meal break workers are...
Having a mental health issue interfere with your personal life is hard enough. But having it affect your Massachusetts working life can be even more difficult. For one thing, there’s dealing with your mental health challenge surrounded by people who may not know about...
Legally, military personnel who are getting divorced are no different than anyone else, so the procedural process is the same. If you are in the military or are a military spouse, there are some additional factors that can affect your Massachusetts divorce. For...
For many Massachusetts employers, caregivers remain invisible, even though one in six people in the workforce are caregivers at any given time. Because of a fear that it will impact their job or career, more than 50% of caregivers do not report their family challenges...
A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying reasonable accommodations and forcing them to take unpaid leave, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced...
The RREMC, LLC, doing business as Denny’s Restaurant, a Florida-based company and the third-largest Denny’s franchisee in the United States, has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
A lot of Massachusetts families move during the summer. Taxpayers who are selling their home may qualify to exclude all or part of any gain from the sale from their income when filing their tax return. Here are some things that homeowners should think about when...
You might figure you don’t need to create a Social Security account until you’re ready to start collecting your money. Actually, there are quite a few services offered by the Social Security Administration that make it worth signing up for a free account as soon as...
When a Massachusetts marriage ends, women still tend to experience the larger drop in income, with women’s household income falling by 41% while men’s fall only 23%, according to research by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. If you have been considering...
In addition to the new spending package of the the 2023 budget plan, the House voted 155-0 vote to outlaw child marriage in Massachusetts, an occurrence that lawmakers and advocates have been drawing attention to for years on Beacon Hill. Current law allows anyone...