Massachusetts Updates Paid Family and Medical Leave Poster, Notice, Contribution and Benefit Amounts
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has released an updated version of its workplace poster for 2024 reflecting the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) contribution and benefit increases... Read more »
Under the Massachusetts prevailing wage law (and most prevailing wage laws around the country), construction contractors performing construction on state-funded construction projects are required to pay employees the prevailing wages set by... Read more »
Tissue samples from the brain of Robert Card, the shooter who killed 18 people during an October rampage at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine, have been sent to CTE... Read more »
Quick Hits The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has issued its 2024 poster, individual notices, and rate sheets. The minimum earnings requirement for 2024 has increased to $6,300. A covered... Read more »
Massachusetts Fails to Combat Racial Profiling, Losing Out on Millions of Dollars in Federal Funding
An analysis by the Cape Cod Times, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and USA Today has found that Massachusetts legislators, despite the state’s liberal reputation, have done little to combat racial profiling over... Read more »
AbbVie, AstraZeneca, and GSK are among the 10 companies now under scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission, which is cracking down on businesses it says improperly or inaccurately placed items on a... Read more »
From left to right: Kate Huey, partner, business transformation leader for health care, Ernst & Young; Jeffrey Ries, executive director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Chris Turner, CEO, HealthBook+; Bipinchandra (Bipin) Mistry, MD,... Read more »
From left to right: Hubert Zajicek, MD, CEO, co-founder & partner, Health Wildcatters; Kristen Torres Mowat, partner, Health Velocity Capital; Harsh Vathsangam, CEO, Movn Health; Kerry Rupp, general partner, True Wealth Ventures;... Read more »
A coalition of cannabis companies in Massachusetts filed a suit Thursday challenging the federal prohibition on marijuana as it applies to individual states. The suit, filed in a Massachusetts district court, names... Read more »
It’s not an easy time to be a retail pharmacy chain. This is especially true for Rite Aid, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Sunday. In order... Read more »