A Massachusetts Federal District Court has held that an employer’s garden leave payments to a former employee pursuant to a non-compete provision are not considered “wages” under the.
Anyone keeping count? I am. (Shocking, I know.) This is the fifth Massachusetts decision (that I am aware of, anyway1) involving a noncompete actually subject to the MNAA.2 The decision.
We have another decision involving a noncompete that is in fact subject to the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “MNAA”), G.L. c. 149, § 24L. Anyone.