Attorney Philip N. Beauregard recently won a jury verdict in a malpractice trial against the Alden Court nursing home. The verdict resulted in a recovery of $1.3 million for the family of Kathryn Miller. For more details, read this article from the SouthCoast Standard...
Hot off the Presses: COVID Employment Resources from Dept. of Labor
As a followup to Attorney Beauregard-Rheaume's most recent blog, here is a link to the federal government's answers to commonly asked questions by Employees and Employers as it relates to the new COVID-19 law. Employers, take note that this link also provides the...
The Need for Evolution in Employment Law
One area of law that has a lot of catching up to do is that of the employee’s rights when the employer terminates her for wholly unfair reasons. Such employer actions are often devastating to the well qualified, hardworking and productive employee who otherwise holds...
Can the Constitution Trump Bigotry?
Republican Presidential candidate frontrunner (maybe not here in Southcoast Massachusetts) Donald Trump recently proposed to bar Muslims from entering the United States. Typically one’s gut instinct to immediately dismiss such crazy talk as the ramblings of a madman...
AT – WILL EMPLOYMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
We often receive calls from employees who feel they have been discriminated against or harassed at work. In many cases, they believe they have been the victim of unfair treatment by a manager. Sometimes, they assert that they have been treated differently than other...