Following the failure of a 2009 initiative to ban the enforcement of non-competition agreements, the Massachusetts legislature is now considering a bill to limit their applicability. The bill now winding its way through the legislative process would require, among other things, that non-compete agreemetns: 1. Be written in a stand-alone format that both employer and employee [...]
April 14, 2010 – 12:32 pm
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has hit United Parcel Service with a second substantial judgment for discriminating against a Massachusetts employee. This time, the complaint was for handicap bias by UPS in Springfield, Massachusetts. After a trial at the MCAD, UPS was ordered to pay almost $750,000 in lost wages and another $125,000 in emotional distress. The [...]
February 17, 2010 – 7:25 am
United Parcel Service has been hit hard in a sexual harassment lawsuit. After years of refusing to address multiple allegations that its Shrewsbury, Massachusetts warehouse is run amok with abusive supervisors who lack even a fundamental understanding of discrimination laws, the company will now pay dearly. It was not only ordered to pay $50,000 in damages to Thomas Sobocinski — [...]
