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Recently, several large financial services firms, including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS, have paid more than $160 million to settle state and federal overtime lawsuits brought by stockbrokers and financial advisors. The core issues in these cases suggest the risks employers face in classifying employees as “exempt” from federal and/or state minimum wage and…

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the arrest of seven current and former managers of IFCO Systems North America, Inc. (IFCO) as part of a new initiative to crack down on employers of undocumented workers. The arrests were made in connection with the “second phase” of the Secure Border Initiative. Phase…

S. 928 – An Act to Protect Employee Wages and H. 3775 – An Act to Protect Employees from Unscrupulous EmployersIntroduction (by Philip J. Gordon) Chairman McGee, Chairman Rodrigues and distinguished members of the Committee. Good morning. We are here today to ask you to clarify Massachusetts law so there is no mistake that when…