Archive | June, 2015

SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed final regulations on June 19 regarding the new Earned Sick Leave Law that will take effect tomorrow, leaving employers with only eight business days to make payroll and policy changes to stay in compliance of the law. The final regulations addressed questions about the law’s ambiguities that […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Based on median age, the U.S. Census Bureau recently reported on which counties in Massachusetts had the oldest populations and which had the youngest. The U.S. median age ticked up from 37.6 on July 1, 2013 to 37.7 on July 1, 2014. These estimates examine population changes among groups by age, sex, […]

SPRINGFIELD — Local law firm, Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. announced that partner Steven Weiss has been chosen as a panelist for a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminar about the issues real-estate professionals face when encountering a foreclosure. “How to Dissect and Scrutinize a Foreclosure” will be held Monday, July 13 from 2 to […]

AGAWAM — The United Way of Pioneer Valley held its 93rd annual meeting and celebration on June 17 to elect new board members and honor donors, community partners, volunteers, corporate partners, and employee campaign managers. Bennet Markens, president and CEO of the Markens Group Inc., was elected chairman of the board. Jennifer Endicott, chief strategy […]