While it may seem straightforward and not subject to dispute that an exempt employee paid the required “salary basis” must actually receive his or her salary to preserve exempt status, the law, as always, is not so clear cut. In fact, an employer had prevailed in arguing that the actual payment of the salary is
failure to pay wages
Massachusetts High Court Rules Treble Damages Provision Not Retroactive
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Massachusetts
While it is generally understood that decisions of courts apply retroactively (as interpretations of the law) while newly enacted statutes do not (as pronouncements of new law) unless expressly provided by the statutory language, challenges to these principles often arise, especially when the decision or enactment modifies recoverable damages. In a victory for employers, Massachusetts’ highest…