After hearing oral arguments today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will choose whether a New England-based furnishings merchant’s payment prepare for commissioned sales workers adhered to its current findings under the state wage acts in Sullivan v. Sleepy’s
Counsel for Jordan’s Furnishings appealed an $8.8 million judgment versus it after the lower court discovered that the business broke the Massachusetts Overtime Statute, G. L. c. 151A, Area 1A, and the Wage Act, G. L. c 149, Areas 148 and 150, in an case brought by a previous sales expert, Matthew Sutton, on behalf of himself and almost 250 other workers.