Massachusetts High Court Clarifies Test to Determine Joint Employer Status under State Wage and Overtime Statutes

On December 13, 2021, the maximum condition courtroom in Massachusetts dominated that the proper examination for analyzing joint employer position underneath the state’s wage and extra time statutes is the “totality of the circumstances” test previously used beneath the Federal Reasonable Labor Criteria Act (“FLSA”), and not the much more restrictive test of Mass. Gen. L. c. 149, §148B….
By: Proskauer – Legislation and the Office