When employers offer new hires a sign-on bonus or existing employees a retention bonus, they typically structure the bonuses as an upfront payment subject to a conditional repayment obligation if
Continue Reading California Claws Back: New Limits on Stay-or-Pay Contracts Starting Jan. 1, 2026
On Oct. 22, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its opinion in Nunez v. Syncsort, Inc., holding that a retention bonus does not constitute a “wage” under the Massachusetts Wage Act.
Continue Reading Supreme Judicial Court Rules that Retention Bonus Not a ‘Wage’ Under Massachusetts Law
As we previously discussed here, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently changed the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s or the Act’s) Salary Level and Salary Basis tests
Continue Reading The New Overtime Regulations and Their Impact on the Salary Basis Test