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Three Needham restaurant workers could not recover treble damages under the Wage Act for their employer’s violation of the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. A Superior Court judge granted summary judgment on claims brought by plaintiffs Rutchada Devaney, Thewakul Rueangjan and Thanyathon Wungnak that the ...
On April 14, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that when an employee pursues and succeeds on a claim for the failure to pay overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
MA Supreme Judicial Court SJC in Devaney v. Zucchini Gold, LLC, ruled that when an employee pursues and succeeds on a claim for the failure to pay overtime wages under the FLSA, the employee may not recover treble damages and other remedies under the Massachusetts Wage Act.
Employees who assert wage claims available only under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cannot recover the greater remedies available under the Massachusetts Wage Act (MWA),...
On April 14, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that when an employee pursues and succeeds on a claim for the failure to pay overtime wages under the Fair Labor...