Legal Opinion
Matamoros v. Starbucks Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 9, 2012No. 12-1189, 12-1277PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
As society matures and employment law evolves, legislatures have lavished more attention on the policies and practices used by employers with respect to customer gratuities. Massachusetts is in the regulatory forefront on these cutting-edge issues.
In the matter at hand, the district court, applying Massachusetts law in a class-action diversity case, concluded that the most recent version of the Tips Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 152A, says what it means and means what it says. Consequently, the court ruled that the defendant’s policy regarding pooled gratuities violated…
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