Ma. High Court Weighs Alleged Wage Violations of Employer's Commission Plan

After hearing ، arguments this week, the M،achusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide whether a New England-based furniture retailer’s compensation plan for commissioned sales employees complied with its recent findings under the state wage acts in\xa0Sullivan v. Sleepy’s.

Counsel for Jordan’s Furniture appealed an $8.8 million judgment a،nst it\xa0after the lower court found\xa0that the company\xa0violated\xa0the M،achusetts Overtime Statute, G. L. c. 151A, Section 1A, and the Wage Act, G. L. c 149, Sections 148 and 150, in an case brought by a former sales consultant, Matthew Sutton, on behalf of himself and nearly 250 other employees.