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710 (2018)Īccrued, unused sick time does not count as 'wages' under the Wage Act, G. 149, § 52C, constitutes a wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.” “Termination of an at-will employee simply for filing a rebuttal expressly authorized by G.

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An employee who does not receive her due wages by - even an employee who is paid in full a day later - suffers a cognizable injury within the purview of the statute.' The Wage Act, MGL c.149, § 148, 'says what it means and means what it says. Steward Health Care System, LLC, 894 F.3d 9 (1st Cir. Inc., 991 F.3d 344 (2021)Ī discharge from employment under the Massachusetts Wage Act occurs upon the severance of the employment relationship, not merely when an employer instructs an employee to stop performing work.

'The Wage Act requires that an employer pay an employee for unused vacation time remaining at the time of the employee's involuntary discharge.' 'The Civil Service Commission, in the context of its analysis whether a tenured firefighter was fired without just cause in violation of basic merit principles, could consider evidence of discriminatory or retaliatory conduct more typically addressed in the context of a claim under G. 456 (2017)Īn employee who has been fired for using medical marijuana off-site, and not before or during work, may sue her employer for handicap discrimination.īrookline v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, 477 Mass.

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