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BJ's Wholesale Club settles unpaid overtime class action for $2.7 million 19 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
BJ's Wholesale Club and the representatives of a class of BJ's Wholesale employees reportedly informed a federal court in Massachusetts earlier this month that they had reached a settlement agreement ...
Mainers in same-sex marriages now entitled to FMLA leave to care for one another 16 Aug 2013 | 06:53 pm
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) updated its guidance to employers and employees on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The new guidance defines the term spouse under the FM...
NJ court upholds casino's policy of discrimination against waitresses who gain weight 5 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Last month, a state court in New Jersey ruled that a casino's policy of requiring waitresses to stay below a certain weight was not sex discrimination. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa had a policy whic...
Employers' attempts to evade the requirements of Obamacare could violate employee rights 31 Jul 2013 | 09:24 pm
One aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (aka "Obamacare") that has been in the news recently is the provision of the law that requires employers with 50 or more full-time em...
General Dynamics Layoff 24 Jul 2013 | 07:57 pm
General Dynamics announced in April 2013 that it planned to lay off 110 employees in Saco, Maine - about one-third of its work force - beginning on June 14, 2013 and continuing through July 1, 2013. T...
Mass. Supreme Court holds that employer discriminated against employee because his wife needed cancer treatment 23 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held for the first time under Massachusetts law that an employer may not discriminate against an employee because of that employee's association wit...
Workplace deaths in Maine higher than national average; transportation related deaths the highest 17 Jul 2013 | 06:19 pm
Earlier this year, the Maine Department of Labor issued a report on the number of workplace deaths in Maine in 2011, the most recent year of available data. The report showed that more people died in ...
U.S. Senate committee approves bill banning employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity 12 Jul 2013 | 05:08 am
Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) voted to approve the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). ENDA would make employment discrimination on the b...
Maine Supreme Court rules in favor of Augusta firefighters in benefits dispute 7 Jul 2013 | 03:12 am
Earlier this week, the Maine Supreme Court held that the City of Augusta could not evade its obligation under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) to pay for retired firefighters' health insurance....
Governor LePage vetos Act to Protect Working Mothers Who Breastfeed 30 Jun 2013 | 08:30 pm
Last week, Governor LePage vetoed a bill that we previously reported on which would have protected employees who need to breastfeed or express breast milk at work from discrimination. This week, the M...
