Massachusetts Questions and Answers

Severance Agreement Review
MEL, I have a severance agreement/package and would like to have a lawyer specialized in such matters review it for me as an objective third party.
1 answer  |  asked Sep 17, 2008 1:59 PM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

FMLA lawyer in MA
Can you recommend an employment lawyer in Massachusetts who deals with Family Leave? Your database was unable to find one. Thanks
1 answer  |  asked Jan 30, 2008 07:08 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

Verbal Employment Agreement
My stepfather had a verbal agreement with a friend to work for him at the local County Fair in Massachusetts for 3 weeks (9am-8pm, 7 days a week). The man agreed to pay my stepfather $1000/wk, and the...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 3, 2006 7:15 PM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

theft
My work truck was broken into and a little over a thousand dollars worth the product was stolen. The company was aware that I didnt have locks for the truck months before the theft. Now they are docki...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 6, 2006 04:14 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

Wrongful termination
I worked for a bio-tech company in NY, which relocated to MA. Some of us were offered to relocate and given moving expense money and a cost of living increase in pay. The relocation occured in April. ...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 21, 2005 05:44 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

non compete
I have worked for my company for 7 years, and now they are requiring me to sign a non compete document. Can they fire me for refusing to sign?
1 answer  |  asked Jun 9, 2004 12:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

Non-compete After Employment Agreement Expires
Mel, I signed an Employment Agreement in 1/1/01. The "Employment Period" was defined as two years and expired in 1/1/03. I still work for the company, but I have not signed another Employment Agreemen...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 28, 2004 08:18 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

Employer refuses to correct payroll error from 2002
I have been trying for over a year to get my employer - a consulting company - to pay me for a payroll "error" that occurred in April 2002. The "error" (erroneous interpretation of a change in compens...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 21, 2003 7:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

Can employer hold back commision from a base pay?
I am paid a base pay plus commision. My contract reads I will recieve a base pay of $500.00 plus commision. When I sell something and process the paper work I get all the commision in my next pay cycl...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 18, 2003 07:55 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

No compete POLICY
I am a systems engineer, and was hired by a company to start as a network admin in a 5 day notice. I was told We had a contract with this comapny, and if it ran out we would move to another company we...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 29, 2003 11:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts