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Appeals court hears wage‑act dispute over late pay, bounced check and attorney fees
Summary
In an appeal over withheld wages, the court pressed whether a worker’s affidavit claiming a $15 hourly promise — contradicting payroll records showing $13 — and a June 7 check that bounced create genuine factual disputes under Mass. Wage Act §150 and SJC precedent; the panel took the case under advisement.
Boston — The Massachusetts Appeals Court heard oral argument in an employment pay dispute on Monday in Yari Giacino v. Massachusetts Chiropractic Center, a case about weeks of allegedly withheld wages and the consequences of late payment under the state Wage Act.
Appellant counsel Anastasia Doherty told the three‑judge panel that Giacino, a former patient‑care coordinator, attested by affidavit that the employer agreed to pay $15 an hour and that she worked roughly 94 hours of unpaid time. Doherty argued that, even though the record contains a paycheck and disputed payroll entries, summary‑judgment standards…
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