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States Place New Restrictions on Collection Efforts and Outbound Calls Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have far-reaching effects on businesses and consumers everywhere. While many states are taking broadly consistent approaches on certain issues ( e.g., price gouging, non-essential…
Massachusetts Imposes Additional Data Breach Notification Requirements
On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law the Massachusetts’s Data Breach Notification Act, which amends Massachusetts data breach reporting laws. The new law, available here, amends…
California and Massachusetts Employers—Mark Your Calendars for July 1
On July 1, employers in California and Massachusetts (with few exceptions) must begin providing paid sick leave to their employees. California and Massachusetts will be joining Connecticut, the District of Columbia,…
Massachusetts’ Expanded Parental Leave Law Goes into Effect Next Week
As we previously reported, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a law earlier this year that replaces its maternity leave statue with one affording both women and men with up to eight weeks of unpaid job-protected…
Score One for Dads in Massachusetts: New Law Requires Small Employers To Provide Paternity Leave
Under a new law signed by the former Massachusetts governor on January 7, 2015—just one day before he left office—fathers in Massachusetts will be guaranteed up to eight weeks of unpaid job-protected paternity leave…