Massachusetts Wage Act Case Studies: Real-Life Victories and Valuable Lessons
Massachusetts Wage Act Success StoriesDiscover real-life examples of individuals who fought for their rights under the Massachusetts Wage Act and emerged victorious. While each person's journey is unique, these stories offer valuable lessons for anyone facing wage-related issues.
Wage Act Victory: Unpaid Work During COVID FurloughMeet Nathan, a consulting engineer at a cloud storage company. When the pandemic struck, Nathan and his team were furloughed but were told to keep working off-site to maintain and update code for customers. After over two months of unpaid work, the company unexpectedly laid them off. Read more here.
Triumph Over Wage Act Violation: Withheld WagesMatthew, an engineer/quality manager, faced a tough situation when his company prioritized paying vendors over employees. He continued working for two months without pay, including overtime, until the company's financial troubles worsened... Read more here.
Resolving Non-Payment of Wages: A Story of PersistenceLouis, a part-time adult education instructor, struggled with chronic late payments from his employer. He faced a dilemma of pursuing legal action for a relatively small amount... Read more here.
Unpaid Vacation: A Battle for What's RightBill, a sales representative, faced withheld payment for his accrued but unused vacation when his employment was terminated. The company claimed it was part of a severance package tied to signing a release of claims... Read more here.
Commission Policy Change: A Six-Figure ChallengeGeorge, a sales representative at a national telecommunications company, experienced a sudden change in commission caps and quotas that resulted in a substantial decline in his quarterly earnings... Read more here.
Unpaid Commissions at Termination: Paul's Fight for JusticePaul, a salesperson for an employee incentive rewards platform provider, saw his employment terminated after the first quarter of 2019. The company refused to pay his commissions for that quarter, citing a refund issued equal to his earnings... Read more here.
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Emily Smith-Lee is the owner and founder of slnlaw. She is a 1996 graduate of Boston College Law School. She was previously a partner at the Boston office of a large international firm, where she worked for thirteen years before starting the firm that became slnlaw in 2009. She has been recognized as a Massachusetts Superlawyer each year since 2013, and in 2018 earned recognition as one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Lawyers of the Year. She has written a book on employment law: Rules of the Road, What You Need to Know About Employment Laws in Massachusetts, and helped thousands of clients on both the employee and employer side with issues relating to wage and hour laws, including overtime pay, late or unpaid wages or commissions, employee misclassification, and retaliation against employees asserting rights under the wage and hour laws.
Rebecca Rogers: Rebecca is a 2006 graduate of Boston College Law School, and has worked with slnlaw since 2013. She previously worked as an intellectual property litigation attorney for Fish & Richardson in Boston, Massachusetts, and clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Rebecca has helped clients with wage and hour disputes, including employee misclassification, late or unpaid wages or commissions, retaliation under the Wage Act, and advice to both employees and employers about wage and hour law compliance.
Jenna Ordway: Jenna is a 2013 graduate of Quinnipiac Law School, and also earned an LLM in Taxation from Boston University in 2015. She has been affiliated with slnlaw since 2011, first as a law clerk and then as an attorney. Jenna has been recognized since 2019 as a "Rising Star" by Massachusetts Superlawyers. Jenna has helped clients assess their rights under the wage and hour laws, including employee misclassification, untimely payment of final wages, late or unpaid commissions, retaliation, and advice to small business owners about wage and hour law compliance.
Elijah Bresley: Eli is a 2014 graduate of Seton Hall Law school, and has worked with slnlaw since 2020. He previously worked for a boutique employment law firm outside of Boston, and then for the Labor and Employment department of a large Boston firm. He also spent a year clerking for the judges of the Superior Court in Hartford, Connecticut. Eli has helped clients with wage and hour claims, including late or unpaid commissions, retaliation, employee misclassification, and overtime, and litigated these claims in state and federal courts. He also advises employers about employment policies and wage and hour compliance.
Sharleen Tinnin: Sharleen is a 2010 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, and has been with slnlaw since 2023. Prior to joining slnlaw, she worked with King, Tilden, McEttrick & Brink, P.C. on complex civil litigation matters. She previously worked for the United States Department of Justice, and received an "Excellence in Justice" award in 2017. Sharleen has helped clients with multiple wage and hour issues, including retaliation, misclassification, and late or unpaid wages or commissions, and litigated these claims in state and federal courts.
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