Claudia T. Centomini
– Senior Counsel
Professional Experience
Claudia has been a labor and employment practitioner for almost 20 years. Claudia regularly advises and represents employers in wage/hour matters, discrimination claims, labor arbitrations, and other labor and employment matters. She represents clients before judicial forums and administrative agencies, including: the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, the National Labor Relations Board, and the United States Department of Labor on employment discrimination claims, wage hour matters, other employment law claims, and labor disputes. She also advises clients on day-to-day personnel matters, drafts employment handbooks and personnel policies, conducts internal wage audits, and provides assistance with sexual harassment and discrimination investigations.
Claudia served as commissioner of the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission from 1993-1998, where she oversaw hearings and decisions in state and municipal labor disputes in accordance with the Commonwealth's collective bargaining laws. She also served as general counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries, where she enforced the Commonwealth's wage and hour laws, worker safety laws, child labor laws, Sunday opening laws, and prevailing wage laws. Claudia also served as legal counsel for the Minority Leader's Office of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she drafted, reviewed, and analyzed legislation.
News, Publications & Presentations |
- Speaker, "Day Pitney's Annual Labor and Employment Conference 2009," Day Pitney Seminar and Webinar, June 17, 2009
- Co-author, "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Terminated Employees Must Be Paid For Unused Vacation," Day Pitney Alert, June 15, 2009
- Co-author, "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Terminated Employees Must Be Paid For Unused Vacation," CTTMA Newsletter, June 2009
- Speaker, "Annual Labor and Employment Conference," Day Pitney Seminar, Hartford, CT, May 19, 2009
- Speaker, "Understanding Unemployment Benefits and Employer Obligations," Day Pitney Seminar and Webinar, March 5, 2009
- Interviewed, "Does The Employee Free Choice Act Do What Its Name Implies?" The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2009
- Speaker, "The Employee Free Choice Act - What Employers Need to Know Now," Day Pitney Webinar, January 29, 2009
- Speaker, "The Employee Free Choice Act - What Employers Need to Know Now," Day Pitney Webinar, December 15, 2008
- "Avoiding Common Compensation Traps," Day Pitney Seminar Series, November 13, 2008
- "Employment Issues in a Slowing Economy: Managing a Workforce in Uncertain Times," Day Pitney Seminar Series, September 25, 2008
- Co-author, "Treble Damages Now Mandatory for Violations of Massachusetts Wage Statutes," Day Pitney Alert, April 29, 2008
- Co-author, "Deadline For Many Employers To File Their Form LM-10 Is Approaching," Day Pitney Alert, February 21, 2008
- "Expansion of FMLA for Military Families," Day Pitney Alert, February 7, 2008
- Speaker, "Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law: What Every Employer Needs to Know," Massachusetts Hospital Association, 2006
- Speaker, "Discovery and Evidence Issues for the Employment Lawyer," Massachusetts Bar Association, 2005
- Speaker, "The Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and Developments Concerning the Interplay of the ADA and the FMLA," New England Cultural Consortium Employment Law Update, 2005
- Speaker, "Navigating the Division of Unemployment Assistance and Understanding Issues Regarding Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation Benefits," New England Cultural Consortium Employment Law Update, 2004
- Speaker, "Investigations, High-Tech Headaches in the E-Workplace, and Retaliation Claims," Employment Law Problems Seminar for the Council on Education Management, June 2002
- Speaker, "In the Aftermath of September 11: What Employers Need to Know When Employees are Called to Active Duty," New England Cultural Consortium Employment Law Update, 2002
- Speaker, "Recent National Labor Relations Board Decisions Affecting the Non-Union Workplace," New England Cultural Consortium Employment Law Update, 2001
- Speaker, "The Employers' Ten Most Common Wage and Hour Violations," New England Consortium Employment Law Update, 2000
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D., Dean's List, 1987-1988
- University of Michigan, B.A., Philosophy
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Professional Affiliations |
- Boston Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, member
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, 2003-2005
- Governor's Advisory Committee on Women's Issues, member, 2000-2003
- Trustees of Reservations, member
- Appalachian Mountain Club, member
- Historic New England, member
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