Amanda E. Thibodeau

As a Massachusetts Employment Lawyer, Amanda counsels employers on wage and hour classifications and disputes, noncompetition agreements, leave issues, anti-discrimination and anti-harassment laws, performance management and discipline, compliance issues with state and federal laws, and workplace policies tailored to prevent litigation.

Amanda focuses her practice on the counseling and litigation of employment issues, including the entire life cycle of the employment relationship from hiring through termination, and everything in between. Amanda is a trusted advisor who provides practical and manageable advice to startups, and small and mid-sized employers with efforts to set them up for success in managing and preserving their growing workforces and achieving their business objectives.

Amanda also assists the Firm’s transactional lawyers to advise businesses and institutional investors on employment law compliance and due diligence matters. In addition, she is an experienced litigator, and regularly represents employers before state and federal courts, state and federal agencies, and arbitration tribunals.

She has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star and Top Women Attorney (Thomson Reuters) every year since 2015. She was also recently named in Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers of 2022.

Affiliations

New Hampshire Bar Association

Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts

Boston Bar Association

Society for Human Resource Management

LawExchange International, Young Lawyers Group

Discovering Justice

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, Corporate and Employment Considerations for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business

Speaker, Employment Law Issues for Gig Workers, MCLE New England

Publications

Quoted: EEOC proposes ‘expansive’ Pregnant Worker Act rule, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

An Employer’s Guide to Layoffs and Reductions in Force

Find all my Employment Law Blog posts here.

Find all COVID-19 resources here.

Quoted: More On Unemployment Benefits For the Self-Employed, Independent Contractors, And Gig-Economy Workers: Lawyer On The Front Lines Answers Advanced Questions, Forbes

Quoted:Unemployment Benefits For The Self-Employed, Independent Contractors, And Gig-Economy Workers: Lawyer On The Front Lines Answers Common Questions, Forbes

Quoted: You Got Your Paycheck Protection Program Loan. Now What? Advice From Small-Business Lawyers, Forbes

U.S. Supreme Court Rules EEOC Charge is Procedural Requirement, Not Jurisdictional

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Update: Governor Baker and Legislative Leaders Issue Join Statement Delaying Employer Contributions

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Classifying Workers in the Gig Economy As Independent Contractors, Employment Law Alert

Title VII at SCOTUS

#MeToo at MCAD

UPDATED: Federal District Court Reinstates EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Requirements (For Now)

Department of Labor Proposes New Interpretation of Joint Employer Status Under The Fair Labor Standards Act

Equal Pay Day in Massachusetts: Are you in compliance?, Employment Law Alert

Outside the office

Outside the office, Amanda is a theater and dance enthusiast. She can frequently be found attending performances in and around Boston. She also enjoys spending time with her husband, two children, and standard poodle, Leo. Amanda is active in her hometown of Waltham as a member of the League of Women Voters of Waltham, and on the City of Waltham’s Community Preservation Committee.  She also serves as the President of a non-profit early childhood education school located in Weston.

News & Events

News

• Employment Law Alert: EEOC Issues Final Regulation and Interpretive Guidance on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
  April 17, 2024
• The Basics of Arbitration: ICYMI Webinar Recap
  December 4, 2023
• Morse Women Attorneys Webinar Series
  November 8, 2023
• Employment Law Alert: MA Announces Major Changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
  October 24, 2023
• The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
  June 21, 2023

Events

• WEBINAR: The Basics of Arbitration
  November 30, 2023
• Employee Benefits 101: What You Need to Know About the Design & Administration of Qualified Benefit Plans
  November 1, 2022
• WEBINAR: Corporate and Employment Considerations for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business
  September 22, 2022
• Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act: What Employers Need to Know and Next Steps
  November 5, 2020