Massachusetts Employment & Labor Report - September 2004

Volume V, No. 3

The Massachusetts Employment & Labor Law Report presents a summary of the latest developments and decisions in the Massachusetts State Courts.

This month’s newsletter focuses on:

• Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Standards for Retaliation Claims
• E-mail Notice of Arbitration Policy Found Inadequate
• Non-Competition Cases Provide Useful Guidance
• Unemployment Benefits Allowed Where Absenteeism Policy Neither Uniform as Written nor Uniformly Enforced
• Emotional Distress Award Reduced Following Stonehill College
• Courts Refine Defamation Claims in Employment Setting
• Does the New Tip Satute Solve the Problem?
• MCAD Reorganizes - Abandons Pre-Determination Discovery