As a Massachusetts attorney specializing in employment law, I understand how tricky a topic this can be for most people. Prior to starting my own law firm, I worked in Human Resources at Fidelity Investments and then later as a consultant at MIT focusing on legal issues impacting the workplace. I witnessed first-hand how confusing and stressful it can be to navigate what are often sensitive and emotional matters. This is more pronounced with the ever-changing employment landscape – from office-based, to remote and hybrid working locations, along with protected characteristics, gender identity definitions and pronouns.
People’s United has ended a discrimination lawsuit. BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL By Greg Ryan – Senior Reporter, Boston Business JournalMar 3, 2022 People’s United Bank this week settled a lawsuit claiming employees suffered racial and other types of discrimination at the hands of the lender’s senior Massachusetts leadership, more than a year and a half after...
COURTESY People’s United is the defendant in a new lawsuit Six current and former People’s United Bank employees, most of them one-time managers, have leveled explosive allegations against the bank’s senior Massachusetts leadership in a new lawsuit, saying executives have repeatedly discriminated against people of color and other workers and retaliated against them when they...
Who rightfully owns the name “Umuoji Improvement Union” will ultimately be decided by a membership vote overseen by a special master. At least, that’s U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton’s plan. But getting to that vote may continue to be a bumpy road. Umuoji is a town in Nigeria. Natives of the town who...
BEVERLY, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) — A man was arraigned Tuesday for his alleged connection to incendiary devices found on Beckford Street in Beverly earlier this month. Stefan Jovic, 23, was arraigned in Salem District Court in connection to the devices. He was a psych patient at a Boston Hospital and doctors say he displayed “homicidal tendencies.”...