Fresh meat for plaintiffs' lawyers."
This is the colorful phrase Fred Sullivan summoned to describe employers in Massachusetts - and, more specifically, what he believes they will become after (and perhaps even before) July 13. That's the date when new legislation regarding the state's wage-and-hour statutes will take effect.
In a way, the measure involves a simple change of one word in one sentence of a statute. But the shift in terms, from 'may' to 'shall' with regard to the awarding of triple damages for violations of those wage-and-hour laws, could have some serious ramifications for area employers and perhaps for the state's economy as well, said Sullivan, a principal …
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