Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Massachusetts
Employers obligation to Incarcerated Employee
As an employer, what-if any- obligations do I have to an employee who is incarcerated for 90 days?
Asked on 3/30/04, 3:46 pm
2 Answers from Attorneys
Nance Lyons
Law Office of Nance Lyons
Re: Employers obligation to Incarcerated Employee
Unless you have a policy and apply it uniformly, you have no obligation of any kind to an at-will employee who can be fired at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all so long as the reason for termination is not colored by discrimination. If you have not fired other employees who have been jailed, employee may be eligible for unemployment.
Answered on 3/31/04, 1:03 pm
Evan Fray-Witzer
Law Office of Evan Fray-Witzer
Re: Employers obligation to Incarcerated Employee
In general, none. If you intend to termintate the employee, you should do so for a failure to show up for work, which is your right.
Evan
617-723-5630
Answered on 3/30/04, 3:52 pm
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