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Recent updates:

• Update: August 2025

  Dear Subscriber:

  MCLE is pleased to enclose your copy of the 2025 edition of Drafting Employment Documents in Massachusetts . Inside, you will find new material addressing topics such as the following:

  • Form of offer letter for nonexempt and exempt employees. See chapter 4 for several alternative options for clauses that address arbitration. The chapter also offers a sample document for the assignment of inventions and employee confidential information.

  • Employees' reliance on artificial intelligence (AI). Chapter 17 includes discussion of several widely reported cases, such as those involving attorneys who relied on less experienced staff to write court briefs that included fictitious or incorrect citations to cases. The chapter includes practical suggestions for employers regarding implementation of policies on the use of AI. The chapter includes a sample AI use policy.

  • Title VII. In chapter 8, find a new discussion of requested religious exemptions from an employer's health and safety policies, such as vaccination requirements, and the propensity for an imposition of hardship where an employee's job functions require them to interact in person—particularly in clinical health–care settings. A 2024 case is cited.

  • Privacy in the workplace—lie detector tests. See chapter 11 for information about a recent clarification of G.L. c. 149, § 19B to create a private right of action to enforce the statute's notice provision. A 2024 case cites a denial of a motion to dismiss an action brought by a job applicant alleging that the employer failed to provide him with notice of his statutory rights before he unwittingly participated in a virtual interview that involved the use of AI to analyze the applicant's facial expressions, eye contact, voice intonation, and voice inflection.

  We at MCLE trust that you will find this new material useful in your law practice and valuable in keeping your law library current.

  Cordially,

  MCLE Press

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 expand

The Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act

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Amy H. Goins, Esq., Ursillo, Teitz & Ritch
Peter D. Ruggiero, Esq., Ruggiero Brochu & Petrarcha
Andrew M. Teitz, Esq., Ursillo, Teitz & Ritch

Exhibit 1A

- The Consistency Doctrine Applied: A Hypothetical Problem and Response Buy Form

Chapter 2 expand

The Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act

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Carolyn P. Medina, Esq., Law Office of Carolyn P. Medina

Chapter 3 expand

Presenting a Case for Zoning Relief and Litigating a Zoning Case on Appeal

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George W. Watson, III, Esq., Robinson+Cole LLP

Chapter 4 expand

The Rhode Island Land Development and Subdivision Review Enabling Act

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John P. McCoy, Esq., Bengtson & Jestings, LLP

Checklist 4.1

- Barrington, Rhode Island, Master Plan Checklist Buy Form

Checklist 4.2

- Barrington, Rhode Island, Preliminary Plat Checklist Buy Form

Checklist 4.3

- Barrington, Rhode Island, Final Plat Checklist Buy Form

Chapter 5 expand

Moratoria, Tolling Statutes, and Expedited Permitting

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Amy H. Goins, Esq., Ursillo, Teitz & Ritch
Andrew M. Teitz, Esq., Ursillo, Teitz & Ritch
Michael A. Ursillo, Esq., Ursillo, Teitz & Ritch

Chapter 6 expand

The Rhode Island Low and Moderate Income Housing Act

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Carolyn P. Medina, Esq., Law Office of Carolyn P. Medina

Checklist 6.1

- Comprehensive Permit Application for Low and Moderate Income Housing Buy Form

Checklist 6.2

- Required Findings for Approving a Comprehensive Permit for Low and Moderate Income Housing Buy Form

Checklist 6.3

- Permissible Reasons for Denying a Comprehensive Permit for Low and Moderate Income Housing Buy Form

Exhibit 6A

- 2021 Low and Moderate Income Homes by Community Buy Form

Exhibit 6B

- Fees-in-Lieu by Municipality Buy Form

Exhibit 6C

- 2021 Rhode Island Income Limits for Low and Moderate Income Households Buy Form

Exhibit 6D

- List of Approved Monitoring Agents Buy Form

Exhibit 6E

- R.I. Housing Model Deed Restriction Buy Form

Exhibit 6F

- Rules Implementing the Rhode Island Low and Moderate Income Housing Act Established Pursuant to R.I.G.L. 45-53—Amendments Approved January 2006 Buy Form

Exhibit 6G

- New Home Construction in Rhode Island by Building Permits 2002–2022 Buy Form

Chapter 7 expand

Special Development Districts, Business Improvement Districts, Historical Area Zones, and Redevelopment Authorities

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Jon Restivo, Esq., Darrow Everett LLP

Exhibit 7A

- Providence Code of Ordinances: Capital Center Commission Provisions Buy Form

Exhibit 7B

- Providence Downtown Improvement District Petition Buy Form

Exhibit 7C

- General Powers of a District Management Authority Buy Form

Exhibit 7D

- R.I.G.L. § 45-32-5(a) (Setting Forth Powers of Redevelopment Authorities) Buy Form

Chapter 8 expand

Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings

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Timothy C. Twardowski, Esq., Robinson+ Cole LLP

Chapter 9 expand

Signage and Adult Uses

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Robert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq., Whelan, Corrente, Flanders, Kinder & Siket LLP
Thomas W. Madonna, Jr., Esq., Hinckley Allen LLP

Chapter 10 expand

Brownfields, Wetlands, and Municipal Regulations

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Robin L. Main, Esq., Hinckley Allen LLP

Exhibit 10A

- Environmental Land Usage Restriction Buy Form

Exhibit 10B

- Sample Soil Erosion Control Ordinance Buy Form

Exhibit 10C

- Sample Storm Water Ordinance Buy Form

Exhibit 10D

- Sample Groundwater Ordinance Buy Form

Chapter 11 expand

Coastal Zone Law Impacting Land Uses

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Anthony Desisto, Esq., Anthony DeSisto Law Associates, LLC
Mark E. Hartmann, Esq.,

Exhibit 11A

- Section 1.1.7 of the Coastal Resources Management Program: Variances Buy Form

Exhibit 11B

- Section 1.1.8 of the Coastal Resources Management Program: Special Exceptions Buy Form

Exhibit 11C

- Type 2 Water Matrix Buy Form

Exhibit 11D

- Section 1.3.1(A) of the Coastal Resources Management Program: Category B Requirements Buy Form

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