Partridge Snow & Hahn Partner and Employment & Labor Chair, Alicia J. Samolis, was recently featured in The Business Journals for her insights on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s increasing scrutiny of workplace initiatives that may give rise to so-called “reverse discrimination” claims. In the article, Alicia explains that anti-discrimination laws have always protected individuals...

Alicia J. Samolis, Partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Practice at Partridge Snow & Hahn, was recently quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly following a significant First Circuit decision reviving religious discrimination and retaliation claims against Hasbro, Inc. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated federal and state law claims brought by two former...

Alicia J. Samolis, Partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Practice at Partridge Snow & Hahn, was recently quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a notable ruling from the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals involving the enforceability of a class action settlement. The First Circuit affirmed a global settlement in Mongue v. The...

Partridge Snow & Hahn Partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Group Alicia Samolis was recently quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a noteworthy decision in a high-profile sexual harassment case, Sabatini v. Knouse, et al. The ruling presented a rare example of defamation and tortious interference with contractual relationship claims being allowed to...

Partridge Snow & Hahn Partner and Employment & Labor Chair Alicia J. Samolis was recently featured in Law360 discussing Massachusetts’ newly implemented pay transparency law. The law requires companies with 25 or more Massachusetts employees to disclose pay ranges on job postings and provide salary information to employees upon request. While the law is receiving...

Partridge Snow & Hahn Partner and Employment & Labor Chair, Alicia J. Samolis, was recently featured in both Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for her commentary on a recent employment law decision issued by a District Court within the First Circuit Court of Appeals.  The case arose after defendant IBM Corp. laid...

Partridge Snow & Hahn Employment & Labor law attorney and former general counsel for the Rhode Island Department of Labor Sean Fontes was recently interviewed in SupplyChainBrain about Amazon’s standoff in negotiating a contract with its recently formed Staten Island warehouse union.  The widely publicized formation of Amazon’s first union highlights that – despite the...

After the Department of Labor adopted a more business‑friendly approach to classifying independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act in May, many businesses have turned to 1099 workers as a way to sidestep the complexity of employment regulations. But as PSH Partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Practice Alicia Samolis explains in...