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Financial services firm settles discrimination claim
The plaintiff was a middle-aged white woman who worked for a financial services firm. She had gender discrimination claims under Chapter 151B for failure to receive an internal promotion and also claims under the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act because she was not paid commensurately with some of her male colleagues.
Appeals Court weighs ‘safe harbor’ defense in equal pay case
The Massachusetts Appeals Court may soon clarify how employers can use the MEPA safe harbor defense in equal pay cases like 'Woodward v. BORN.'
Employment – Equal Pay Act – Limitations
Where a defendant employer has filed a motion to dismiss, that motion should be allowed regarding Massachusetts Equal Pay Act claims outside the limitations period but otherwise denied.
Employment – Equal Pay Act
Where a jury found in favor of a defendant employer under the federal Equal Pay Act, the trial judge’s decision to deny the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial should be affirmed despite the plaintiff’s contention that the employer failed to meet its burden to prove that the plaintiff was paid less than her male counterparts based on a factor other than sex.
Retirement – Anti-spiking law – Equal Pay Act
Where a petitioner received a large increase to her salary under the Equal Pay Act, the State Board of Retirement did not misapply the anti-spiking law to the calculation of her retirement allowance.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
