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Beginning on October 29, 2025, employers with 25+ employees in Massachusetts will be required to establish and disclose pay ranges in job postings and to disclose pay ranges to employees who request this information. A pay range is defined as “the annual salary range or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such a position at that time”.
Increasingly, Employers are turning to AI for a variety of reasons, primarily to increase productivity. Although using AI can certainly reduce the time it takes for Employers, and by extension, Employees, to finish tasks, the use of AI does not come without risks. Therefore we strongly recommend that all organizations adopt an AI policy to provide guardrails for proper, legal, AI use, and to clearly define what is not an appropriate use of AI. Please read the Article from Attorneys Erin Cashman and Connie Castro for more information.
Beginning October 29, 2025, employers with 25+ employees in Massachusetts will be required to establish and disclose pay ranges in job postings and to disclose pay ranges to employees who request this information. Read more here for details.
A federal court judge in Texas has ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) overreached in making changes to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when it increased the exempt employee salary threshold in July 2024. The DOL may appeal this decision. See here for more details.
Employee Retention Credits (“ERC” or “credits”) were created as part of the CARES Act. Through significant expansions, ERC has become a significant form of COVID relief, similar to the PPP loan many non-profits have relied on. However, the infrastructure bill that the Senate passed (H.R. 3684) would end the ERC after the third quarter of 2021.
Governor Baker released a four-phased opening to Massachusetts, titled Reopening Massachusetts. Each phase will last, at a minimum, three weeks, and could last longer before moving to the next phase. If public health data trends are negative, specific industries, regions, and/or the entire Commonwealth may need to return to an earlier phase.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted on March 27, 2020 for purposes including the support of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charities. Title I of the CARES Act – “Keeping American Workers Paid and Employed Act” – contains the Paycheck Protection Program that provides emergency, government-backed loans for eligible 501(c)(3) organizations for the purpose of funding payroll and related expenses through mid to late June 2020.
On January 7, 2015, Governor Deval Patrick, signed into law “An Act Relative to Parental Leave” which replaces the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act (the “MMLA”). Prior to the enactment of the law, the MMLA applied only to female employees. Under the new Parental Leave law, employers now must provide such leave to men on the same terms and conditions as leave is provided to women.
The Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form is a new Massachusetts reporting requirement in 2018. The HIRD form collects information about employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) offerings. Massachusetts law requires every employer in Massachusetts with six or more employees to submit a HIRD form. The HIRD reporting is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue through the MassTaxConnect (MTC) web portal. The HIRD forms are due each year on November 30th.
