DONIS v. AMERICAN WASTE SERVICES, LLC

SJC-12842.

485 Mass. 257 (2020)

ELMER DONIS & others v. AMERICAN WASTE SERVICES, LLC, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Cordy ( Annabel Rodriguez also present) for American Waste Services, LLC, & another.

Nicole Horberg Decter ( Paige W. McKissock also present) for the plaintiffs.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Ben Robbins & Martin J. Newhouse for New England Legal Foundation.

Maura Healey , Attorney General, & Karla E. Zarbo , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Joseph Michalakes & Hannah Tanabe for Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative.

Kevin C. Merritt for Massachusetts Building Trades Council & another.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


In this appeal, we further define the remedies available to aggrieved employees under the Wage Act, G. L. c. 149, §§ 148, 150, and the Prevailing Wage Act, G. L. c. 149, §§ 26-27H. The employee plaintiffs assert that, for a period of several years, they were paid less than the wages required by the Prevailing Wage Act...

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