On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot question that requires all private sector employers to provide employees with up to 40 hours of sick leave per calendar year. Under the new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2015, employers with 11 or more employees must provide employees with paid sick leave. Those employers under the threshold must provide unpaid sick leave. In enacting this law, Massachusetts joins […]

Mobbing” has become one of the hot topics in employment related disputes in the recent years. The number of compensation claims filed by employees who have been subject to their employers’ or superiors’ intimidating actions, has conspicuously increased. This is so particularly after publication of the Prime Ministry’s Circular on Prevention of Psychological Harassment (Mobbing) in Workplaces1 (the “Circular”) in 2011. The Circular defines mobbing as “a systematic emotional assault and continuing disrespectful and […]