Brian J. MacDonough quoted in Law360 article on Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law

Brian J. MacDonough, Chair of the firm’s Employment Department, was quoted in a Law360 article titled, “Mass. Pay Transparency Law May Boost Other Worker Claims.” This article discusses the new Massachusetts law, which requires Massachusetts companies with over 25 employees that mainly do business in the state to disclose pay ranges on job postings.

From the article:

Given the finite resources of the attorney general’s office, Brian MacDonough of Sherin & Lodgen LLP predicted that it will be more inclined to address systemic issues or “real bad actors” as opposed to one-off cases. But he agreed that evidence gathered related to salary ranges would be useful in other lawsuits.

“The goals of the statute are transparency and equity,” he said, “and this is a bit of sunlight being the best disinfectant.”

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