C.J Eaton Published in Northeast Human Resources Association's Insights Magazine
"The A to Z of the Massachusetts Payment Law"

Boston-based Seyfarth Shaw employment attorney C.J. Eaton authored an article published in the Winter 2012 issue of Insights magazine. The article aims to assist employers in clarifying the complex and often difficult to interpret statute that governs Massachusetts wage payment laws, by reviewing the definition of a wage, when wages are earned and how frequently and when wages must be paid.

C.J. notes, "employers should carefully review the types of compensation included in wages, as well as the frequency and timing of wage payments, to ensure compliance with the law."

The article also outlines what deductions may lawfully be taken from an employee's wages and how employers must notify their employees of the deductions. "[D]ue to the ambiguous wording in the statue, the parameters regarding which deductions are allowable are less than clear…[t]hus, this is a heavily litigated area of law."