Employment Law Round-Up: What Massachusetts Employers Need to Know For Q4 2020
By Matthew L. Mitchell and Amanda Thibodeau
With a work environment pressurized by the COVID-19 crisis and a contentious election cycle, employers are finding themselves increasingly involved with unusual employee conflicts and complicated employment law compliance questions. This can be particularly disruptive during the closing months of the business year.
The following summary discusses a variety of key concepts and new employment law standards that are intended to support Massachusetts employers in avoiding and navigating issues that may arise in the closing months of 2020. Topics include: Politics in the workplace, employee social media activity, responding to worksite infections, workplace safety, Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave, and unemployment insurance fraud.
Employment law attorneys Matt Mitchell and Amanda Thibodeau summarize these standards here.
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