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2024-12-19: What Are My Rights If My Employer Doesn’t Pay Me? A Guide for Massachusetts Employees
2024-11-28: Pay Transparency Laws in Massachusetts: What Employees Need to Know.
2024-11-11: Understanding Massachusetts Employment Discrimination Laws
2024-11-08: Adapting to a Growing and Changing Boston: How Gordon Law Group LLP Stands by You in Tough Times
2024-11-02: Discriminatory Termination: What Does It Mean?
2024-10-08: Massachusetts Passes New Pay Transparency Law: What Employers Need to Know
2024-09-08: How Gordon Law Group LLP Fights Workplace Discrimination in Boston
2024-08-05: Why Gordon Law Group LLP is Your Top Choice for a Boston Employment Lawyer
2024-07-15: Can I Sue for a HIPAA Violation? Your Rights and Legal Options Explained
2024-06-04: Championing Justice: Gordon Law Group LLP and Employment Discrimination Cases in Boston
2024-03-15: Top 10 Signs of Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
2023-12-23: Top five things to consider when filing a wage complaint
2023-12-18: The Truth About Off the Clock Work: Personal Time, Professional Commitments and Wage and Hour Laws
2023-11-23: Top ten terms in a severance agreement
2023-09-15: Navigating a Layoff: Understanding What It Is, What to Do, Whether You Can Get More Severance, and How to Bounce Back
2023-08-08: Understanding Equal Pay Laws: Protecting Employees Against Gender-Based Pay Discrimination
2023-06-26: Can my employer make me go back to work in an office setting?
2023-06-19: Define Sexual Harassment
2023-05-31: Are Anti-Raiding Agreements Enforceable under the new Non -Competition Agreement Act?
2023-05-07: Goldman Sachs Gender Discrimination Settlement: A Landmark for Workplace Equality
2023-05-02: Mass False Claims Act
2022-12-07: Jury Finds Retaliation in Firing for Former SORB Head
2022-11-26: Amid civil rights probe, another Everett school administrator files discrimination complaint
2022-11-20: ‘This was about right versus wrong’: Ex-state board head speaks after jury finds former governor wrongly fired her
2022-11-06: Former state official wins $820,000 in lawsuit against state
2022-11-04: The jury rules in favor of the woman in a wrongful termination lawsuit against former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
2022-11-04: Jury rules in woman’s favor in wrongful termination suit against former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
2022-11-03: The jury found retaliation in the firing for the former SORB chief. news
2022-04-04: Law Finally Catches up With Reality
2022-03-07: Biden Signs Bill Ending Forced Pre-Dispute Arbitration
2022-02-25: Day spa workers not entitled to Sunday premium pay
2022-02-11: Everett superintendent found surveillance cameras in her office, her lawyer says
2022-01-19: School superintendent accuses Everett mayor of having a racist agenda
2021-12-22: Lawyers Weekly Honors Elizabeth Rodgers as Top 50 Women in the Law
2021-11-15: U.S. News Best Lawyers: Gordon Law Group Named to 2022 Edition of “U.S. News – Best Lawyers” “Best Law Firms” List
2021-10-25: HBR Article – Flex Work Policies
2021-10-08: California Leads The Way on Sexual Harassment Protections
2021-09-30: New York City Council Passes Bills Protecting Delivery Workers
2021-09-29: COVID Emergency Sick Leave Extended
2021-09-21: Employment – Retaliation – Title VII – Whistleblower
2021-09-12: Long COVID May Be a Qualifying Disability Under ADA
2021-09-09: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate
2021-03-05: Battle over country club’s ‘service charge’ plays out
2021-03-05: Gordon Quoted in Lawyers Weekly on Tips Case Before Supreme Judicial Court
2021-02-26: 1st Circuit Reopens Door to $11M Severance Package for Gordon Law Group Client
2021-01-14: New Holiday Premium Pay and Tips Law in Massachusetts
2021-01-01: Minimum Wage Increases to $13.50 on January 1, 2021, on Path to $15.00
2020-12-09: Judge Daniel O’Shea Calls it “An Amazing Piece of Work.” $2.05M Settlement in Discrimination Case Brought by Gordon Law Group
2020-11-14: U.S. News Best Lawyers: Gordon Law Group Named to 2021 Edition of “U.S. News – Best Lawyers” “Best Law Firms” List
2020-09-16: Federal Court Requires Employer to Allow Teleworking
2020-02-15: Terminated Employees May Still Be Owed Commissions
2020-02-14: Super Lawyers: Attorneys from Gordon Law Group Selected to Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars Lists in 2020
2020-01-03: Brockton reaches $4.7M Settlement with Gordon Law Group Client
2019-12-05: Yes, Au Pairs Are Protected by the Massachusetts Fair Wage Law
2019-11-14: U.S. News Best Lawyers: Gordon Law Group Named to 2020 Edition of “U.S. News – Best Lawyers” “Best Law Firms” List
2019-10-18: Gordon Named to Top 100 Super Lawyers® List for All of Massachusetts
2019-05-10: Overtime Pay for Inside Sales Work?
2019-04-14: Rule 68 Offer Aimed at Picking Off a Lead Class Action Plaintiff Not Effective
2019-02-15: Employees Who Settle Cases Under the Wage Act Are Also Entitled to Attorneys’ Fees
2018-10-01: New Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act
2018-09-08: Union Workers May Lose Protections under the Wage Act
2018-07-09: BSO Musicians Applaud Equal Pay Plaintiff and Fellow Musician Onstage, Are Mum Offstage
2018-07-06: Star Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Over Pay Equity – The New York Times
2018-07-06: A World-Class Musician Says She Makes 75% of What Her Male Counterparts Make. Now She is Suing
2018-07-06: The BSO’s Principal Flutist Says She is Paid Far Less Than The Man Who is The Principal Oboist – The Boston Globe
2018-07-05: Seeking Pay Equity, Female Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Orchestra
2018-06-12: Fired Hingham DPW Worker Sues Town, Selectman
2018-03-16: Judge Denies Brockton Request to Void Retaliation Claim from Lopes Discrimination Verdict
2018-03-08: Gordon Interviewed About Pay Equity Law
2018-03-05: Boston Symphony First to Be Sued Under New Equal-Pay Law – Boston Business Journal
2018-02-13: Every Single Attorney General Just Demanded The End of Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Claims
2018-01-21: “Fish Rots from The Head Down”
2018-01-20: Minorities Trash City Report on Brockton Discrimination Case
2018-01-05: DOL Changes Rules on Unpaid Internships
2017-12-20: Flam to Be Honored by Lawyers Weekly
2017-12-06: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act
2017-11-29: Gordon Interviewed About Matt Lauer Termination
2017-11-27: Gordon Interviewed on WBZ NewsRadio About Workplace Sexual Harassment
2017-11-25: New York’s Highest Court Rules That Threshold for Punitive Damages Under NYCHRL is Lower Than Under Title VII
2017-10-31: Gordon Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Use of Lie Detector Tests in Employment
2017-10-20: Gordon Quoted in Washington Post on Employment Ramifications at Weinstein & Co.
2017-10-18: Corporate Sexual Harassment Trainings Fail to Stop Harassment
2017-10-03: Brockton Facing $45.6M Punitive Damages from Lopes Class Action Brought by Gordon Law Group
2017-10-02: Supreme Court Hears Critical Argument About Whether Workers Can Sue in Class Actions for Workplace Violations
2017-09-18: University of Rochester Student on Hunger Strike Until Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment is Fired
2017-09-01: Gordon Quoted in Bloomberg Article Concerning Discrimination Matter at Dell EMC
2017-08-05: Pregnant Worker Protection Passes!
2017-07-24: US Supreme Court Releases October Calendar and Class Action Waivers Are on The List
2017-07-17: Supreme Court to Decide If an Internal Complaint is Enough to Protect Whistleblowers
2017-07-17: BREAKING NEWS: Medical Marijuana Users Protected in Massachusetts
2017-07-12: Uber Drivers Win Preliminary Class Action Status in Employment Case
2017-06-26: Judge REJECTS Brockton’s Plea to Overturn $4M Jury Verdict
2017-06-19: Switching Sides: The Department of Justice Now Favors Class Action Waivers
2017-06-07: A Win for Employers: DOL Withdraws Guidance on Independent Contractors and Joint Employment
2017-05-10: Pregnant Workers May Get Better Protections
2017-05-02: Should Student Athletes Be Paid?
2017-04-29: Forced Arbitration??
2017-04-12: A Must Read, and not Just for Gender Bias! The Latest from Harvard Business Review and Cecchi-Dimeglio on The Corrupting Power of Gender Bias
2017-04-10: Leaked Documents Make Clear: Call Them Anything but “Employee”
2017-04-04: Philip Gordon Testifies Before Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development
2017-03-15: Oxford Comma Decides Court Case in Maine Labor Dispute
2017-03-11: Gretchen Carlson: How Arbitration Clauses Allow Sexual Harassment to Continue
2017-03-01: Entrepreneur Magazine: 7 things You Must Do Before Quitting Your Job or You’re Screwed
2017-02-18: EEOC Charges Climbing
2017-02-17: Gordon Law Group on “Channel 5 Investigates”!
2017-02-12: Gordon and Rodgers to Judge Mock Trials at Yale University
2017-02-09: City of Brockton Vows Investigation After Gordon Law Group’s MASSIVE Jury Verdict
2017-02-02: Gordon Law Group Wins $4 million Jury Verdict in Landmark Discrimination Case Against City of Brockton
2017-01-24: Termination Without Cause and Marissa Mayer’s $141M Payday
2017-01-16: 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
2016-11-01: Gordon Law Group Welcome Industry Veteran Elizabeth Rodgers!
2016-10-13: Lawyers Weekly Interviews Philip Gordon on Legislation to Fight Wage Theft
2016-10-12: Boston Globe Turns to Philip Gordon for Comment on Amazon’s Employment Practices
2016-08-04: FOX News Interviews Philip Gordon About Online Threats and The Workplace
2016-05-06: Philip Gordon Co-Chairs panel on “Class Actions” at 37th Annual Labor and Employment Law Spring Conference
2016-03-22: A Welcome Shift in Joint Employment
2016-03-05: NPR: A Look at Women in The Workforce
2016-02-21: Disruptive Discrimination – a Down Side of Big Data
2016-01-15: Are Service Advisors Exempt from Overtime?
2015-12-30: New York State Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect
2015-12-04: MCLE Selects Philip Gordon for Faculty for “18th Annual Employment Law Conference”
2015-10-23: New York Expands Discrimination Protection
2015-10-15: Calls for a “A Big Swinging Dick” Underpins Class Claims of Bias Against Women
2015-09-09: President Expands Paid Sick Leave
2015-09-05: Brady Arbitration Success
2015-08-31: University of Denver May Have to Pay Female Faculty for Paying Them Less Than The Men
2015-07-02: SEC Releases Proposed Compensation Claw Back Rules
2015-06-19: Final Earned Sick Time Regulations Released
2015-06-17: California Judge to Decide Whether Uber Drivers Are Employees or Independent Contractors
2015-05-27: New York Releases Regulations Governing Use of Payroll Debit Cards
2015-05-18: New York City Banning Use of Credit History in Employment Decisions
2015-05-18: New Overtime Regulations Under Review
2015-05-15: Uber Hit with $1B Suit Alleging Founders Stole Technology
2015-05-12: Retaliation Claims Now Harder to Dismiss
2015-05-08: Another Attack on CEO Pay
2015-04-28: Whistleblower Awarded $600,000
2015-04-25: Taxi Drivers Are not Employees in Massachusetts
2015-04-23: Oral Complaints are Protected Under FLSA
2015-04-15: EEOC Settles First Transgender Discrimination Suit
2015-04-14: Equal Pay Day!
2015-04-13: EEOC Issues Order Against New York City for Discrimination
2015-04-13: Gawker Interns Fighting for Overtime
2015-04-04: Harvard Crimson Features Gordon Law Group Client
2015-03-12: Wal-Mart Appeals to The Supreme Court for Relief
2015-03-11: Race Discrimination Can Be Decided by Class Action
2015-03-10: Legislation to Restrict Noncompetition Agreements Filed
2015-03-10: Encouraging Employees to Report Low Number of Hours on Time Card Does not Relieve Employer
2015-02-19: Boston Globe Interviews Philip Gordon About Impact of New Department of Labor Rules
2015-02-11: Class Actions Can Survive, Even When It’s Tough to Measure Damages
2015-01-21: Employer Knowledge of Work Makes it Compensable, Even When not Listed on a Timesheet
2015-01-14: Parental Leave Rights Now Available to Fathers
2014-12-20: Massachusetts Increases Minimum Wage
2014-12-09: Time Waiting for Security Screenings May Be Unpaid in Certain Circumstances
2014-11-06: Massachusetts Approves Statewide Sick Leave
2014-08-10: Massachusetts Offers Workplace Assistance for Domestic Violence Victims
2014-07-18: Philip Gordon Testifies in Favor of New Massachusetts Noncompete Bill
2014-07-03: Goldman Sachs Accused of “Boy’s Club” Mentality
2014-06-27: Slate Magazine Interviews Philip Gordon for Guidance on Title IX and Sexual Assault
2014-06-27: Breastfeeding Mothers Protected from Discrimination and Prosecution
2014-06-26: Philip Gordon Serves as Panelist on Class Actions for National Employment Lawyers Association
2014-06-25: Boston Herald Interviews Philip Gordon
2014-06-23: Proposed Legislation Would See More Employees Eligible for Overtime
2014-06-20: Illegal Immigrants/Undocumented Workers May Be Protected Under Employment Laws
2014-06-17: Massachusetts Set for Positive Changes in Employment Laws
2014-06-13: Boston Globe Features and Harvard Professor
2014-06-09: EEOC Set to Issue New Guideline for Pregnant Employees
2014-06-05: Slate Magazine Interviews Philip Gordon on How to Leave a Job
2014-06-02: New Colorado Wage Law Expands Enforcement Methods and Coverage
2014-05-25: “Per Diem” Payments May Be Used to Calculate Overtime
2014-05-21: Employee Wins Case After Being Fired While on Medical Leave
2014-05-05: MSNBC Features Philip Gordon for Questions on Title IX
2014-04-29: New Initiative from the White House to Curb Sexual Assault at Colleges and Universities
2014-04-27: 8 Things You Should Know About Executive Compensation
2014-04-17: Huffington Post Interviews Philip Gordon About Harvard University Professor Denied Tenure
2014-04-16: Paycheck Fairness Act Blocked
2014-04-01: Understanding New York’s Sick Time Law
2014-03-24: Health Leaders Media Interviews Philip Gordon
2014-03-19: New York City to Settle $98m Discrimination Case Against Minorities
2014-03-18: President Raises Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors
2014-03-14: President Obama Continues to Expand Pay Regulations
2014-03-14: Best and Worst Phrases for a Resume
2014-03-10: Women Still Earning Less Than Men
2014-03-05: Employee Tip: Employers Are Googling You and You Should, Too
2014-03-01: ABC Boston Interviews Philip Gordon About Title IX, Tenure and Sexual Assault
2014-02-20: Top 5 Ways to Improve Executive Compensation
2014-02-16: New York City Employees Granted Sick Leave
2014-02-08: ISS Changes Methodology for Calculating Relative Degree of Alignment
2014-01-29: WBZ Interviews Philip Gordon About Discrimination at MBTA
2013-12-19: Employees Cannot Be Fired For Filing a Lawsuit – Even Three Years Later
2013-12-10: Court Rules Truck Drivers Should Be Classified as Employees
2013-10-25: Gordon Named to List of Top 100 Lawyers in New England for 2013
2013-10-20: Know Your Rights: Payroll Cards Are Not Your Only Option
2013-09-23: Prevailing Wage Laws Upheld
2013-08-19: Six Years of Wages Now Possible, Not just Two or Three
2013-08-08: Hourly Employees Must Be Paid For Working Through Lunch
2013-06-24: Parent Corporation Found Liable For Unpaid Wages
2013-06-20: LLC Managers Now Liable for Wage Act Violations
2013-06-13: Not Getting Your Expenses Reimbursed? You Might Be Entitled To Triple Damages
2013-05-24: Live and Work as a Driver in New York?
2013-04-23: Time Waiting For Security Screens Should Be Paid Time Too
2013-04-04: Delivery Company Drivers Are Employees
2013-04-03: FLSA Liability Follows Asset Purchase
2013-03-23: Associational Discrimination Illegal in Massachusetts
2013-03-16: 10,000 GVWR Is Threshold For Truck Driver Overtime
2013-03-13: Simple “Discretion” in a Commission Plan Insufficient
2013-03-11: After The Fact Payments Are Not Enough
2013-01-30: Philip Gordon Keynote Speaker at SBANE Human Capital Series
2012-11-15: Washington State Court Remedies Meal Break Violations
2012-11-09: NLRB Gives Black Friday Wal-Mart Walkouts High Priority
2012-09-02: New Temporary Staffing Regulations for Massachusetts
2012-07-12: Who is Your Employer?
2012-06-28: Obamacare Constitutional
2012-06-25: Paycheck Fairness Act Fails
2012-06-19: SmithKline Beecham Dodges Bullet
2012-03-21: Mandatory Overtime Prohibited for Nurses
2012-03-14: English-Only Workplace Doesn’t Necessarily Work
2012-03-12: Mario Batali Gives $5.25 Million Lesson in Tip Pooling
2011-12-28: “Boy” Still a Racist Term
2011-10-31: Class Action Arbitration Waivers Unenforceable
2011-03-30: Klinghoffer Finally Rejected!
2010-09-15: Amendment to the Massachusetts Personnel Records Statute
2010-07-14: Novartis Settles Class Action Gender Discrimination for $152 Million
2010-03-29: Overtime Laws Apply to Employee Working in Another State
2010-03-23: Nursing Mothers Must Have Time and Space to Pump Milk
2010-03-14: Novartis Hit With Landmark $250 Million Punitive Damage Award for Gender Discrimination
2009-11-29: Underwriters Are Entitled to Overtime Pay
2009-10-01: Non-Competition Agreements: The Business Form of Scarlet Letter
2009-09-07: Relief for People Who Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors
2009-06-12: Employers Can not Deny Employees Their Earned Vacation
2009-04-25: Workers on Indian Reservations Protected by Overtime Laws
2009-04-04: Agreements to Defer Salary Violate The Wage Act
2009-03-02: Wage Act Opponents Filing New Laws to Turn Back The Clock on Workers (H3583)
2008-11-19: New Bedford Factory Agrees to Settle Federal Wage and Overtime Lawsuit for $850,000
2008-11-06: Prevailing Rate is The Regular Rate for Purposes of Calculating Overtime
2008-09-26: Class Action Against Wal-Mart Goes Forward & Meal Breaks Have Value
2008-08-14: Triple Damages Now Mandatory for Non-Payment of Wages
2008-05-15: US DOL Clarifies the Meaning of Compensable Time Under The FLSA
2008-04-15: Attorney General Issues Advisory on the Independent Contractor Law
2008-03-09: Michael Bianco Workers Claim Wages Owed: Class Action Lawsuit Filed for Overtime and Unpaid Wages
2008-03-01: Undocumented Workers Protected by Overtime Laws
2008-02-17: Open Letter to Governor Patrick on Mandatory Treble Damages
2007-08-07: All Commissions Are Recoverable Under The Massachusetts Wage Act
2007-03-14: Massachusetts Workers who Provide Home “Companionship Services” Are Entitled to Receive Overtime Compensation Despite a Recent US Supreme Court Decision
2007-03-07: Corporate Officers May Be Personally Liable for a Corporation’s Failure to Pay Employees Proper Wages Under The FLSA
2006-11-10: Overtime Required for The IT Help Desk Worker
2006-10-01: Confirmed…for Now: Motor Carrier Overtime Exemption No Longer Applies to Small Truck Drivers
2006-09-08: My Interview on WBIX’s “Money Matters”
2006-09-06: Romney Vetoes Important legislation Protecting Massachusetts Workers and The Massachusetts Economy
2006-09-04: My Interview on WBZ-AM’s “The Paul Sullivan Show”
2006-08-31: On Eve of Labor Day Weekend, Legislature Sends Wage Enforcement Bill to Governor Romney’s Desk
2006-08-07: Employers Are Prohibited from Retaliating Against Employees who Make Internal Allegations of Wage Violations – Whistleblowing Protections
2006-05-01: Company’s Attempt to Enforce Class-Action Waiver Held Unconscionable
2006-04-01: Stockbrokers May not Be Exempt Employees
2006-03-20: Worksite Immigration Sweeps Are Back
2005-12-01: At-Will Rules May not Apply to Employee/Shareholder in Closely Held Corporations
2005-07-29: Outside Investor May Be Liable for Payment of Wages
2005-06-15: Testimony of Philip Gordon Before The Labor and Workforce Development Committee
2005-06-09: Email Notification May Be Insufficient to Enforce Company’s Arbitration Policy
2004-08-10: DOL Changes the “White Collar” Exemptions to FLSA

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