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Massachusetts Ruling May Impact Independent Contractors

4/13/2022

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently handed down a key ruling that the three-prong test for independent contractors applies to the relationships between a franchisor and its franchisee, where the franchisor must also comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Franchise Rule.
 
The SJC held that the independent contractor statue applies to the franchisor-franchisee relationship and is not in conflict with the franchisor’s disclosure obligations set forth in the FTC Franchise Rule. The SCJ determined a franchisee providing services to a franchisor under the terms of a franchise agreement may, in fact, be classified as an “employee” of the franchisor under state wage-and-hour law.
 
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Massachusetts High Court Adopts Federal Standard for Joint Employer Liability Under State Wage and Hour Law

1/5/2022

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​Last month in Jinks v. Credico (USA) LLC, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concluded that the appropriate method for determining whether two companies were “joint employers” for purposes of the Massachusetts wage and hour laws is to evaluate the “totality of the circumstances of the parties’ working relationship.” This is the same test courts apply when analyzing this issue under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


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​HCAOA Board Member Named 2021 Massachusetts Home Care Champion

11/3/2021

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​HCAOA Board Member Andrea Cohen, Founder and Vice-Chair of HouseWorks, one of the nation’s largest independent private home care companies, has been named the 2021 Home Care Champion award by the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts.

​“Andrea is the very epitome of a home care champion and has been so for many years. When private home care was just emerging as a growth industry, she led the way for bringing them into the Home Care Alliance membership,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of Home Care Alliance of MA.

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Talking Home Care: Home Care Heroes During a Pandemic

12/16/2020

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​As part of National Home Care and Hospice, the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, collected first-hand stories from home care agencies – including several HCAOA members! – about the front-line challenges they faced, and how they overcame them. The stories were collected into a single podcast and read by middle school drama students. An interesting listen for your next commute!

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