We provide practical advice to businesses concerning all aspects of the employment relationship.
We understand that effective employee relations management is critical to business success, and that the increasingly complex web of federal and state employment law presents many challenges and areas of legal exposure for businesses. We help our clients meet these challenges by finding effective solutions to employment problems, by designing strategies to avoid disputes and costly litigation and, when necessary, by vigorously defending employment-related claims.
News & Insights
Client Alert: Federal District Court Vacates Department of Labor Rule Raising Salary Threshold Levels For Overtime Exemptions
‘Tis the Season for Employee Handbook Updates
Employment Law 2025: ICYMI Webinar Recap
FTC Bans Non-Compete Agreements; Federal Department of Labor Issues New Overtime Exemption Rules
Employment Law Alert: MA Announces Major Changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
M&A News: Morse Client Garvin Construction Products in Acquisition by Beacon
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
Morse Serves as Counsel to Wagr in Acquisition by Yahoo Sports
An Employer’s Guide to Layoffs and Reductions in Force
Employment Law Alert: The FTC’s New Proposed Rule on Non-Competes
Employment Law Alert: Employer’s Watch List for 2023
IRS Announces Record Increases in Benefit Plan Limits for 2023
Employment Law Alert: The CROWN Act
COVID-19 Alert: Workplace Testing Update
COVID-19 Resource Collection
Employment Law Alert: Reimbursement or Travel Policies After Dobbs
Why Do I Need an Employee Benefits Attorney?
Morse Welcomes Rebecca Alperin to the Firm; Adds ERISA Practice
COVID-19 Alert: OSHA’s Vaccine ETS Ruling
Morse Announces 2022 Attorney Elevations
COVID-19 Alert: CDC Update
COVID-19 Alert: ETS Status Update
COVID-19 Alert: Massachusetts Announces Mask Advisory
COVID-19 Alert: Federal Vaccine Mandates
COVID-19 Alert: EPSL Extended
COVID-19 Alert: Public Vaccine Mandate
COVID-19 Alert: Mask Guidance Revised
COVID-19 Alert: Emergency Temporary Standard
COVID-19 Alert: Emergency Leave Act
COVID-19 Alert: “Post-COVID” Workplace Guidelines
COVID-19 Alert: Phased Economic Re-Opening Plan Terminated
COVID-19 Alert: The American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021
COVID-19 Alert: Step 1 of Phase IV
COVID-19 Alert: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
COVID-19 Alert: Mandatory Vaccination Programs
Employment Law Round-Up: Inflection Points
COVID-19 Alert: FFCRA Leave Eligibility
COVID-19 Alert: FFCRA Update
COVID-19 Alert: PPP Loan Forgiveness Portal
COVID-19 Alert: Employment Law Regulations
COVID-19 Alert: Antibody Testing
COVID-19 Alert: The Guide
COVID-19 Alert: Face Coverings in the Workplace
COVID-19 Alert: Lender Registration
COVID-19 Alert: Employer Guidance Update
COVID-19 Alert: Changes to the Main Street Lending Program
COVID-19 Alert: Additional Guidance for Main Street Lending Relief Program
COVID-19 Alert: Fair Labor Standards Act
COVID-19 Alert: Updated Response Plan
COVID-19 Alert: Interim Forgiveness & Audit Rules
COVID-19 Alert: Phase I: Start Plan
COVID-19 Alert: Phase 1 of Re-Opening Plan
COVID-19 Alert: PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form
COVID-19 Alert: Question 46 Guidance
COVID-19 Alert: Safe Harbor for PPP Borrowers
COVID-19 Alert: Four-Phase Re-Opening Plan
COVID-19 Alert: EEO Data Collections
COVID-19 Alert: “Higher Risk” Employees
COVID-19 Alert: Workplace Sanitation Standards
COVID-19 Alert: The Emergency Order
COVID-19 Alert: Non-Essential Business Closings Extended Again
COVID-19 Alert: Unemployment Insurance
COVID-19 Alert: Re-Call of Employees to the Worksite
COVID-19 Alert: CARES Act Payment
COVID-19 Alert: Interim Final Rule on Affiliation
COVID-19 Alert: New Unemployment Guidance
COVID-19 Alert: PPP Interim Rules
COVID-19 Alert: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
COVID-19 Alert: Non-Essential Business Closings Extended
COVID-19 Alert: Paycheck Protection Program
COVID-19 Alert: Emergency Paid Sick Leave Guidance
COVID-19 Alert: The CARES Act
COVID-19 Alert: DOL Releases New Fact Sheets and FAQs
COVID-19 Alert: IRS, DOL, and Treasury Plan
COVID-19 Alert: Americans with Disabilities Act
COVID-19 Alert: “Non-Essential” Businesses
COVID-19 Alert: Federal & State Resources
Employment Law Alert: Paid Family Medical Leave and Sick Time
Employment Law Alert: Emergency Orders
COVID-19 Alert: CDC Interim Guidance
Employment Law Alert: New Minimum Wage Rate
Employment Law Alert: Noncompete Reform
Employment Law Alert: DOL Opinion Letter
Employment Law Alert: Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
Employment Law Alert: National Equal Pay Day
Morse Welcomes New Employment Law Attorneys
Employment Law Alert: FLSA Overtime Regulations
Employment Law Alert: Non-Competition Laws
MBBP Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Board Members and Investors Found Not Personally Liable Under Massachusetts Wage Act
Firing Executives for Cause
10 Points for Reviewing Executive Employment Agreements
Five Employment Law Traps for CFOs
Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws: Legal Risks for Businesses in Transition
Employment Law Advisor: “Magic” Numbers
Wage & Hour Tip: Employee Compensation
Wage & Hour Tip: Paid Sick Leave Law
Employee Noncompetition Agreements
Wage & Hour Tip: Payroll Deductions Policy
Court Broadly Interprets Ban on Physician Noncompetition Restrictions
VIDEO: Employment Law Clips
Employment Law Advisor: Employee Terminations
Employment Law Advisor: Restrictive Covenant Law
Wage & Hour Tip: Employee’s Exempt Status
Employment Law Advisor: Personnel Record Law
Employment Law Advisor: Non-Compete Agreements Terms
Avoiding Employee Claims of Unlawful Retaliation
Wage & Hour Tip: Payment Rules
Wage & Hour Tip
Employment Law Advisor: Commission Pay
Employment Law Advisor: Social Media Policies
Wage & Hour Tip
Employment Law Advisor
Employment Law Advisor: The Wage Act
Employment Law Advisor: Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Upholds Right to Enforce Employment Arbitration Agreements
Employment Law Advisor
Client Alert
Responding to Personnel Record Requests in Massachusetts
Employment Law Advisor: Final Wages Upon Termination
New Treble Damages Requirement Makes Compliance with Wage/Hour Laws Even More Critical
Should Employers Require that Workplace Disputes Be Arbitrated?
The Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law
Events
WEBINAR: Employment Law 2025: Gearing Up and Getting Your Ducks in a Row
Employee Benefits 101: What You Need to Know About the Design & Administration of Qualified Benefit Plans
WEBINAR: Corporate and Employment Considerations for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business
Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act: What Employers Need to Know and Next Steps