Governor Raimondo Issues Executive Order Requiring Cloth Face Coverings For Rhode Island Employees

By Robert P. Brooks on April 14, 2020

Governor Gina Raimondo issued an Executive Order which takes effect Saturday, April 18, 2020, requiring that all customer/client-facing businesses and… Read More

DOT and DOL Provide Preliminary Guidance About the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

By Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on March 24, 2020

On March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”). The Act will take… Read More

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Becomes Law: What Every Business Needs to Know and to Plan For Now

By Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on March 20, 2020

On March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”). The Act will take… Read More

Governor Raimondo Declaration of a State of Emergency due to COVID-19 and Implications for R.I. Employers

By Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on March 11, 2020

On March 9, 2020, Rhode Island Governor, Gina Raimondo, declared a state of emergency in response to the onset of… Read More

Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to the Coronavirus Disease

By Robert P. Brooks on March 6, 2020

Recently, businesses have been inundated with information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that emerged in China in 2019. Since then,… Read More

New Paid Family and Medical Leave Coming to Massachusetts

By Siobhan M. Surette on November 12, 2019

Beginning in January, 2021 most workers in Massachusetts will be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid family… Read More

Update on Marijuana in the Workplace

By Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on July 9, 2019

For employers who attended the recent AP&S seminar on “Marijuana in the Workplace,” as well as all employers looking to… Read More

Noncompetes with Massachusetts Employees: Subsidizing a Former Employee’s “Garden Leave”

By Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on May 22, 2019

Effective October 1, 2018, employers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other states seeking to hold Massachusetts employees to non-compete agreements… Read More

Marijuana in the Workplace

By Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on March 26, 2019

Many of our employer clients have contacted us with questions about new laws and court decisions on medical and recreational… Read More

Department of Labor Proposed Rule Change Raises Salary Level For Exempt Employees

By Robert P. Brooks on March 18, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor (the “D.O.L.”) announced on Friday, March 7, 2019, that it will be reviewing the salary… Read More

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