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Mass. Appeals Court: State Agency Entitled to Mass. Equal Pay Act Affirmative Defense | JD Supra
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an appeal from the first decision to apply the affirmative defense of the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (“MEPA”), the Massachusetts Appeals Court agreed with the Superior Court that a state agency established the MEPA self-audit affirmative defense. On December 31, 2025, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed an order of the Superior Court granting summary judgment to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Board of Registration in Nursing (“DPH”) on a MEPA claim.
Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect: What Employers Need to Know | JD Supra
As we previously reported, on July 31, 2024, Massachusetts enacted salary range transparency legislation (“An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency”) that imposes salary disclosure requirements on Massachusetts employers. The Act took effect on October 29, 2025. Employers with more than 25 employees in Massachusetts must now disclose salary range information on job postings and provide pay range information to current employees in certain circumstances.
Massachusetts SJC Rules Retention Bonuses Are Not “Wages” Under the Wage Act | JD Supra
On October 22, 2025, the Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision in Nunez v. Syncsort Incorporated (SJC-13709, Oct. 22, 2025), in which it held that retention bonuses are not “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act. The plaintiff, a senior finance director, entered into a retention bonus agreement providing two retention bonuses if he remained employed through specified dates and remained in good standing.
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