Bill > H3597

This bill aims to guarantee just cause job security for employees in Massachusetts. The key provisions include: 1. Prohibiting employers from discharging employees without just cause or a bona fide economic reason, except during a probation period. 2. Defining "just cause" as an employee's failure to satisfactorily perform job duties or misconduct that is demonstrably and materially harmful to the employer's legitimate business interests. 3. Requiring employers to utilize progressive discipline and provide written explanation for any discharge, and allowing employees to challenge the discharge through arbitration. 4. Restricting employers' use of electronic monitoring and data collection for disciplinary purposes, and requiring transparency and employee rights regarding such monitoring. 5. Providing remedies for unlawful discharges, including reinstatement, back pay, and attorney's fees. 6. Allowing for public enforcement actions and relator-initiated lawsuits to enforce the law's provisions. The bill aims to establish stronger job protections for employees in Massachusetts, particularly around the use of just cause standards and restrictions on electronic monitoring.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3597