Massachusetts
In-depth review of the spectrum of Massachusetts employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to taxation of employee benefits.
As mandated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, all employers must provide the Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance Pamphlet (0590-A) to an employee upon termination.
A Massachusetts employer may use this model form if it requires employees to verify in writing that they have used earned sick time for an allowable purpose.
Massachusetts has released a sample earned sick time policy that an employer can use as guidance to inform employees of their rights.
In-depth review of the spectrum of Massachusetts employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to workers' compensation.
In-depth review of the spectrum of Massachusetts employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to recordkeeping for employee compensation purposes.
Massachusetts employers seeking to inform employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with the Massachusetts meal break law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Massachusetts employers that provide paid vacation and seek to indicate that Massachusetts employees will receive pay for accrued but unused vacation upon termination of employment should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Massachusetts employers operating a manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop in Massachusetts that seek to inform employees, including supervisors, that they will receive one day of rest in each seven-day work period and to demonstrate compliance with Massachusetts law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.