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The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave recently announced amendments to Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) that will allow employees to supplement, or “top off”, their weekly PFML benefit amount with available paid leave (e.g. vacation days, sick time, PTO). Additionally, PFML contribution rates and weekly benefits will see a sizeable increase. The new “topping off” rules…

Zak Hammond’s work negotiating a severance for a former City of Boston employee received attention from the Boston Globe in article published on October 20, 2023, discussing a severance paid by the City of Boston to a former Chief of Staff to the Community Engagement Cabinet. In that matter, Attorney Hammond represented an individual whom he alleged was targeted for…

Bennett & Belfort is pleased to announce that Thompson Reuters has recognized seven of its attorneys as SuperLawyers and Rising Stars. Attorneys Todd J. Bennett and David Belfort were selected as “Top 100” attorneys. Attorney Belfort was also selected as a SuperLawyer in the category of “Employment Litigation: Plaintiff.” Attorneys Bennett, Michael L. Mason, and Michaela May were selected as…

A salesperson can pursue his claims arising out of a violation of the Massachusetts Wage Act (M.G.L. c. 149, § 148) by his former employer in the Business Litigation Session (“BLS”) of the Suffolk Superior Court, as opposed to being forced to submit to arbitration. B&B attorneys Michaela May, Todd Bennett and Sudeshna Trivedi prevailed in their argument that the…

Bennett & Belfort P.C. is proud to announce that attorneys David E. Belfort, Todd J. Bennett, Eric R. LeBlanc, and Craig D. Levey have been recognized in the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers for their exceptional legal talent as recognized by their lawyer colleagues in New England. Attorney Belfort was selected in the practice areas of “Employment Law –…

On August 3, 2023, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court promulgated changes to Superior Court rules that will go into on September 1, 2023. The amendments largely concern the formatting of exhibits to civil motions and certificates of service. Here at Bennett & Belfort, we have kept an eye on these developments and are providing a high-level summary as non-compliance may…

B&B Partner, Craig D. Levey, was recently interviewed for the “Real Tea” podcast, which streams on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.  Levey, who often reviews and negotiates agreements on behalf of real estate agents and brokerages, sat down with Nicole Rideout Hartwick, Chief Strategy Officer at Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, for an in-depth interview on agent contracts. Ms. Hartwick, who…

Michael Mason spoke to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about a recent federal court decision that clarified employers’ obligation to pay overtime and keep accurate records of hours worked. The court held that the defendant, F.W. Webb Co., violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by misclassifying its inside sales representatives as exempt from overtime. The company had argued that because the sales…