Webinar: Massachusetts Wage & Hour Issues: Traps for the Unwary - Katherine Brustowicz and Denise Chicoine The Wagner Law Group, free webinar, April 29, 2026, 12:00 - 12:45 PM (EDT) - Click here...
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Planning for Family Leave? Read the Fine Print
Planning for Family Leave? Read the Fine Print - David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, Rethinking65, March 10, 2026 (PDF)
The EEOC Pulled its Harassment Guidance. Now What?
The EEOC Pulled its Harassment Guidance. Now What? - Katherine Brustowicz and David Gabor, panelists, The Wagner Law Group complimentary webinar, March 11, 2026, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (EDT) - Click...
Overcoming Hiring and Firing Obstacles
Overcoming Hiring and Firing Obstacles - Katherine Brustowicz, presenter, National Business Institute's Advanced Human Resources Law webinar, December 17, 2025, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST) - Click here...
Free Webinar: The impact of the Circuit Court Split on Employer Liability for Third-Party Harassment
The impact of the Circuit Court Split on Employer Liability for Third-Party Harassment - Katherine Brustowicz and David Gabor, panelists, The Wagner Law Group webinar, November 19, 2025, 12:00 -...
HR & Employment Law Updates in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
By Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff and Virgina Peabody I. Massachusetts: Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect In February 2025, the Wagner Law Group reported on...
The EEOC and Executive Orders: What Employers Ought to Know about EEO-1 Reporting (Filing Deadline June 24, 2025)
By Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff, or Virginia Peabody (Senior Consultant) What is EEO-1 Reporting? An EEO-1 Report is a document submitted to the Equal...
Recent Changes to the Employer-Employee Relationship and What Employers Should Do When ICE Comes Knocking
Recent Changes to the Employer-Employee Relationship and What Employers Should Do When ICE Comes Knocking Presented by: WLG Employment Law Attorneys, David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz; and...
Important Update to the Federal Independent Contractor Test
By Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff, and Virginia Peabody (Senior Consultant) The Department of Labor (DOL), through its Wage and Hour Division (WHD), issued a...
Form I-9: What is It and What’s Changed
by Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff, or Virginia Peabody (Senior Consultant) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released a revised Form I-9,...
Attention Employers: EEO-1 Reporting Deadline Approaching
By Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff and Virginia Peabody (Senior Consultant) The EEO-1 report for covered employers must be filed with the EEOC by June 4, 2025....
Advisory Firms’ DEI Programs May Be Scrutinized
Advisory Firms’ DEI Programs May Be Scrutinized - Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine and David Gabor, Rethinking65, February 21, 2025 (PDF)
Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law: Key Provisions and Compliance Timeline
Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff, and Virginia Peabody (Senior Consultant) On February 1, 2025, a new law regarding salary posting requirements went into effect...
Delicate Questions in the Hiring Proces
Delicate Questions in the Hiring Process - Katherine Brustowicz, Radio Entrepreneurs interview, February 5, 2025 Need Help With Your Hiring Process? If your business needs assistance with your...
Executive Orders Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
By Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff and Virginia Peabody (Senior Consultant) Last week, President Trump signed two executive orders (the “Trump Executive Orders”...
Federal Court Awards $359,000 in FLSA/OSHA Retaliation Case: Lessons Learned for Employers
In December 2023, Su v. Milford Sports Bars, LLC, a noteworthy case, concluded with a ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of Labor, resulting in a payment of $359,000. The court awarded damages...
Employers: Prepare for New Laws and Regulations Under President Trump
Employers: Prepare for New Laws and Regulations Under President Trump - Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, and Johanna Matloff, The Wagner Law Group webinar, February 13, 2025, 1:00...
I-9 Compliance and Audits Under Forthcoming Intensified Enforcement: Why Employers Should Act Now
By David Gabor, Katherine Brustowicz, Virginia Peabody and Craig White With the incoming Administration prioritizing the deportation of illegal immigrants, employers across the country are preparing...
Overtime Exemption Update: Judge Vacates DOL Rule Increasing Overtime Salary Threshold
Exempt or not exempt, that is the question. It is not an easy question to answer, and it did not get any easier to answer when U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan vacated the Department of Labor...
Maine Human Resource Law Boot Camp
Maine Human Resource Law Boot Camp - Katherine Brustowicz, presenter, NBI webinar, November 18, 2024 - Click here for details
The Wagner Law Group Virtual Lunch & Learn: How to Reduce Employer Risk From Hire To Fire
The Wagner Law Group Virtual Lunch & Learn: How to Reduce Employer Risk From Hire To Fire - Katherine Brustowicz, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff and Denise Chicoine, November 13, 2024, 1:00 - 2:00...
Don’t Get Caught Off Guard – What Managers Should Know Before a Request for Leave or an Accommodation is Made
Don’t Get Caught Off Guard - What Managers Should Know Before a Request for Leave or an Accommodation is Made - David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, The Wagner Law Group free webinar, November 19,...
The Importance of Promptly Paying All Final Wages in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Wage and Hour statute mandates that employers pay departing employees their final wages, inclusive of accrued but unused vacation time, in their final paycheck on the day of...
Hedge Funds Urged to Prepare for a Non-Compete Clause Ban
Hedge Funds Urged to Prepare for a Non-Compete Clause Ban - Katherine Brustowicz, FUNDfire, June 12, 2025 (PDF)
Non-Competes are Being Curtailed: What Employers Need to Know and Do Now
Non-Competes are Being Curtailed: What Employers Need to Know and Do Now - David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, The Wagner Law Group free webinar, June 25, 2024, 1:00 - 1:30 PM (EDT) - Watch the...
Important Takeaways For Employers Following The EEOC’s Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
By Katherine Brustowicz, David Gabor, and Johanna Matloff Introduction This is a follow-up to our May 9, 2023, alert regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) which went into effect on June...
FTC Ban On Noncompetes: 7 Things Employees & Executives Must Know
FTC Ban On Noncompetes: 7 Things Employees & Executives Must Know - Quoting WLG Law Alert by Katherine Brustowicz, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff, Mark Poerio, Andrew Oringer, and Virginia...
’Staggering Penalties’ Possible For Financial Firms Because of DOL Rules
’Staggering Penalties’ Possible For Financial Firms Because of DOL Rules - David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, Rethinking65, May 7, 2024 (PDF)
Ban on Non-Competition Agreements – What Employers Need to Know and Do Now
Introduction On April 23, 2024 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a proposed final rule which bans new non-competition clauses in employment contracts for most workers across...
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): What Employers Need to Know Before Summer 2023
By Katherine Brustowicz and David Gabor Introduction: It has long been the law that Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protect...
Legally Navigating Workplace Disability and Religious Accommodations
Legally Navigating Workplace Disability and Religious Accommodations - Katherine Brustowicz and David Gabor, panelists, The Wagner Law Group webinar, May 31, 2023, 1:00 - 1:45 PM (EDT) - Click here...
Massachusetts Human Resource Law Boot Camp
Massachusetts Human Resource Law Boot Camp - Katherine Brustowicz, panelist, National Business Institute (NBI), live online seminar, May 5, 2023 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (EDT)- Click here for details
Free Webinar – Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing: Is It Happening at Your Company
Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing: Is It Happening at Your Company? - The Wagner Law Group webinar, panelists David Gabor, Katherine Brustowicz, February 22, 2023, 1:00 - 1:45 PM (EST) - Click here...
Free Webinar: Dealing with Difficult Employees
Dealing with Difficult Employees - David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, The Wagner Law Group Free Webinar, December 14, 2022, 1:00 PM (EST). CLICK HERE FOR RECORDING Georgina has been having...
Challenging Unemployment Compensation Benefits: When Is It Worth It?
Challenging Unemployment Compensation Benefits: When Is It Worth It? - Katherine Brustowicz, SHRM, September 16, 2022 (PDF)
Wage and Hour Updates for Maine, New York, and New York City
By Katherine Brustowicz, David Gabor, Virginia Peabody I. Maine – Mandatory Vacation Payout Upon Separation from Employment Maine will follow Massachusetts’ lead in implementing mandatory vacation...
Mandated Benefits: 2022 Compliance Guide Mid-Year Update
Mandated Benefits: 2022 Compliance Guide Mid-Year Update – Katherine Brustowicz, Dannae Delano, David Gabor, Virginia Peabody, Barry Salkin, Marcia Wagner and Roberta Casper Watson, Wolters Kluwer,...
WEBINAR: Navigating the Interplay Between Leave Laws: A Focus on the FMLA and ADA
Navigating the Interplay Between Leave Laws: A Focus on the FMLA and ADA Successfully navigating the intersection of leave laws, particularly with respect to FMLA and ADA leave, is a daunting...
Rhode Island Employment Law 2022
Rhode Island Employment Law 2022: Key Leave Issues, Common Discrimination Claims, Independent Contractors, and More National Business Institute (NBI) Live Online Seminar May 26, 2022...
Mandatory Arbitration Prohibited for Sexual Harassment Claims
On February 7, 2022, the House passed H.R. 4445, three days later the Senate also passed the measure, and President Biden has just signed the bill into law. H.R. 4445, titled Ending Forced...
New York is About to Force a Lot of Insurer Salary Data Into the Open
New York is About to Force a Lot of Insurer Salary Data Into the Open – Katherine Brustowicz, Life Annuity Specialist, February 4, 2022
FREE WEBINAR: Top HR & Employment Law Issues for the Coming Year
RECORDING AVAILABLE BY CLICKING HERE Please join David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, with introduction by Marcia S. Wagner, on January 26, 2022, for a one-hour presentation addressing...
Prepare for Shot-or-Test Mandate Inspections
Earlier this week a Federal Court panel revived the Covid-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS). Now, litigation challenging the emergency shot-or-test mandate is making its way to the United States...
Best Practices for Promoting a Positive Work Environment for Multigenerational Workforces
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Hiring and Promotions: Tips To Help Employers Avoid Legal Minefields
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How Employers Can Create Effective Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
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Return-To-Work: Creating a Viable Playbook
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Reducing Legal Risk: Protecting Against Claims Stemming from COVID-19
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