by Nikki Hughes | Feb 14, 2020 | Compliance Updates
As of February 23, 2020 hands-free driving is the law in Massachusetts! The new law prohibits drivers of motor vehicles from using any electronic device, including mobile telephones, unless the device is used in hands-free mode. Distracted driving has sky-rocketed as...
by Adam Hofmann | Dec 13, 2019 | Commercial Insurance, Compliance Updates, FB Risk Advisor
The Act’s Facts Effective 1/1/2020, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is updating the exemption rule for overtime eligibility. The last time they made a change was in 2004 and estimates project over 1.3 million employees will become eligible for overtime pay. So,...
by Joe Bickel | Jun 28, 2019 | Compliance Updates
When the voters approved to make recreational marijuana use legal in Massachusetts in 2016, employers immediately wondered how they were going to navigate these waters with their employees. Marijuana still remains illegal under Federal Law, which is putting...
by Richard Volkmann | Jan 17, 2019 | Compliance Updates, Employee Benefits
2019 will be the year that many employers learn more about the possible devastating effects of the MassHealth Premium Assistance Program! Will you be one of them? Let’s hope not because this program could increase a company’s total benefits line item, which in most...
by Sonia Borges | Jan 14, 2019 | Compliance Updates, Personal Insurance
With the New Year finally here, many of us may have made it a resolution to travel more often this year. So, many of us may be sitting down with our travel agents, or booking our vacations on our own. The choices could be endless as to where we would like to go or...
