Allyson Kurker

Articles

  • Co-Author, Race, Ethnicity, and National Origin Discrimination,  Massachusetts Employment 
    Law (MCLE, 2013, 2015, and 2017)

  • Families First Coronavirus Response Act: 10 Takeaways from the DOL's Preliminary Rule 

  • Employer Alert: Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act 

  • COVID-19: Advice for Remote and Downsized Workplaces 

  • U.S. Department of Labor Updates for January 2020

  • Title IX Alert: First Circuit Rejects Live Cross-Examination in Title IX Hearings are Public and Private Colleges and Universities 

  • Employer Alert: Court Rejects Employer's Claim of Attorney-Client Privilege as Basis for Withholding Workplace Investigation Report 

  • U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Overtime Rule 

  • Massachusetts Employer Alert: Update on Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) Postponement 

  • Massachusetts Employer Alert: Upcoming Deadlines for Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Law 

  • The Pitfalls of Office Romances 

  • Massachusetts Enacts Non-Compete Law: An Overview for Employers 

  • MCAD Guidance and FAQs on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 

  • Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Update: Attorney General Issues Overview and FAQs 

  • #MeToo@Work: What We Now Know about Workplace Harassment - and How to Stop It

  • The Year Ahead: What Massachusetts Employers Need to Know for 2018

  • Employer Alert: SJC Rules on Employee Use of Medical Marijuana 

  • Federal Court Blocks DOL's New Overtime Rule 

  • Massachusetts Enacts Ground-Breaking Equal Pay Act 

  • DOL Issues Final Rule on Overtime Exemptions for White Collar Workers 

  • SJC's Decision in Bulwer v. Mt. Auburn Hospital: 5 Key Lessons for Employers 

  • Massachusetts Employment Law Update for Out of State Employers 

  • Final Regulations Issued for Massachusetts Sick Leave Law, Now in Effect 

  • Sick Leave Law Update: Attorney General Issues Safe Harbor Guidance 
    Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Draft Sick Leave Law Regulations

  • Massachusetts Enacts Parental Leave Law

  • What Employers Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Sick Leave Law

  • 10 Tips for Investigating Sexual Harassment

  • Time to Review Your Non-Solicit and Non-Compete Agreements

  • Host a Summer Party Without Getting Burned

  • Mass High Court Rules Out-of-State Contractors Subject to MA Wage Laws

  • Don’t Get Burned by Summer Interns

  • Federal Court Offers Guidance re Arbitration of Employments Claims

  • The Business Case for Flexibility

  • Are Your Workplace Posters Up to Date?

  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

  • Office Romances Gone Awry

  • Temporary Workers, Permanent Obligations

  • Managing the Haze of the Medical Marijuana Law

  • SJC Refuses to Enforce General Release of Wage Act

  • State Announces Increased Efforts to Crack Down on Illegal Use of Independent Contractors

  • Retaliation Claims that Cost Big

  • On the Road: Determining Whether Travel Time Must Be Compensated

  • Back to School: Debunking the Unpaid Intern Myth

  • First Circuit Advises Re Employment Applications

  • Round 2 of CORI Reform

  • Massachusetts Extends Protection to Transgender Employees

  • MA High Court Rules on Whether Employee Who Accepted Incentive-Based Lay Off 
    Is Entitled to Unemployment

  • How Employers Can Host a Summer Party Without Getting Burned

  • MA High Court Extends Retaliation Protection: Rules Company Retaliated Against Former Employee 2 Years Post-Employment

  • EEOC Issues Final Regulations Implementing the ADAAA

  • 1st Circuit Rules Employer Took Adequate Steps to Stop Harassment

  • Supreme Court Rules Employer Search of Racy Texts Did Not Violate Employees’ Privacy

  • Give Her A Break: Reasonable Break Time Afforded Nursing Mothers

  • Personnel Records Amendment Places Increased Burden on Employers

  • A Winter Wonderland Is Predicted: Do You Have A Plan?

  • MCAD Issues Fact Sheet: Provides CORI Interpretation and Guidance