Archives for October 2015

Dole recently announced that a number of its bagged spinach products are being recalled due to salmonella poisoning. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, the spinach tested positive for salmonella in random tests performed by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. You can read more about the recall this CNN article …

Dole Spinach Recalls: Be Healthy with your Health FoodRead More

You may not realize it, but every time you sign up for a credit card, a cable company or a cell phone service, you are also signing a contract that will severely limit your rights in the event of a dispute with one of those providers. Most people don’t know that what’s buried in the …

Forced Arbitration Agreements ‘ What You Don’t Know Can Hurt YouRead More

‘The Bacon Davis Act’ sets prevailing wages for federal contractor jobs, and the Massachusetts Prevailing Wage Law (G.L. c. 149, ‘? 26 ‘ 27,) sets wages for certain jobs involving the state or local governments. Under this law, payments by employers to health and welfare plans, pension plans and supplemental unemployment benefit plans under collective …

The Prevailing WageRead More

On June 12, 2015, an MBTA bus struck a car in a Revere parking lot, causing significant damage to the car and injuries to the driver and a bystander. On Monday, September 21, 2015, an MBTA red line train hit and killed a middle-aged man at JFK station. The man was pronounced dead at the …

Personal Injuries Involving the MBTARead More

The Domestic Violence Leave Law provides job-protected leave for victims of domestic violence. This law went in to effect in 2014 and requires covered employers to provide up to 15 days of job-protected leave in a 12 month period to an employee who is a victim of domestic violence or who has a family member …

The Domestic Violence Leave LawRead More

Many employers have complained about the nuisance and cost of certain workplace safety regulations. While the effectiveness of any regulation must continually be evaluated, there is no question that government regulations requiring safety compliance have reduced the number of workplace injuries and deaths. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) publishes commonly used statistics regarding …

Workplace Injury StatisticsRead More

Under the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act, an injured employee must file a claim ‘within four years from the date the employee first became aware of the causal relationship between his disability and his employment.’ M.G.L. c. 152 41. This statute of limitations provision is particularly beneficial for workers who have suffered rather ambiguous injuries, such …

Most Old Work Injuries Are Still CompensableRead More