Join MassCOSH Immigrant Worker Center to learn about your rights on the job and how to exercise them. This training will be held in Spanish.

Whether you’re new to the game or already deep in the mix, this event is your fast pass to figuring out where you belong and who can help you level up your career—or your company.

Here’s what’s in it for you:

• Meet the pros behind the networking groups driving Boston’s startup growth
• Get the scoop on events, resources, and opportunities designed to fuel your journey
• Make real connections with innovators who get what you’re all about
• Ignite your year with ideas, inspiration, and maybe even a future collaborator

It’s your chance to connect with Boston’s most vibrant startup communities, uncover exciting opportunities, and make 2025 the year you move the needle. Whether you're a founder, investor, mentor, or just startup-curious, we promise you’ll leave energized and ready to conquer.

Come for the connections. Stay for the magic. Build something amazing.

Join us to connect with over 200 employers and get access to youth resources at this free event. At the event youth and young adults ages 14-24 can find job placement opportunities, career development workshops, free food, live performances, raffles, giveaways, and more! The job fair will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2024, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Complex.

To register as a youth attending the event, you may reserve a spot by filling out the form below. 

Join us, City of Boston and Scott Russian (Vice President of Finance, Clasp) on Wednesday, November 6th as we explore the ins-and-outs of what you, as a founder, need to know about planning your budget for 2025. 

We'll specifically be diving into: 

👉 How to manage cash flow 

👉 Forecasting revenue with confidence 

👉 Understand what budget you can allocate for sustainable growth 

👉 Breaking down what you can pay yourself and your team 

👉 Setting realistic financial milestones and KPIs for the year ahead

Equip yourself with practical tools and strategies to ensure your startup’s financial health in 2025. 

Let’s turn those numbers into growth stories!

This webinar will review the rights of Domestic Workers, and how to file complaints and get support should your rights be violated. Domestic workers provide services in a home. These services include housekeeping, cleaning, cooking, home management, and caring for children or adults in their homes. Domestic workers have the same rights as other workers to minimum wage, overtime, and other wage and hour protections.

Thanks to the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, there are also special rules for domestic workers relating to record keeping, rest time, charges for food and lodging, the information they must have about their jobs and rights, and conditions for live-in domestic workers.

In this webinar, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, local worker centers, and nonprofits will share information and answer your questions. You will learn about your right to be paid fairly and on time, your right to a safe workplace free of discrimination or harassment, and more!

Having a job as a young person can have many benefits, but it can come with risks too. From 2022 to 2023, child labor violations in the US reached their highest level in about two decades. Recent studies have found that Young workers face high levels of workplace violence and the exploitation of young workers can include wage theft and harassment, and more.

This webinar, led by youth from MassCOSH's Teens Lead at Work program, will help young people (and their parents) know their rights. 

Massachusetts law prohibits discrimination based on a person's membership in a protected class including race, color, national origin, ancestry, religious creed, disability, sex, age, sexual orientation, familial status, veteran status, criminal record, and gender identity/expression.

In this webinar, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) will cover protected categories in employment, common forms of discrimination, and how to file a complaint if you believe you were treated unfairly based on your membership in a protected class. 

This webinar, in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement, will also cover types of sexual harassment, the laws protecting you, and how to take action and/or file a complaint.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) entitles you to a safe workplace, regardless of your documentation status. Your employer must keep your workplace free of known health and safety hazards. You have the right to speak up about unsafe conditions without fear of retaliation and you have the right to workplace health and safety training in a language you understand.

In this webinar, you will learn about:

• your rights to a safe workplace,
• how to identify workplace hazards,
• what kinds of safety equipment might be required on your job,
• information your employer must share about toxic chemicals, results of tests taken to assess workplace dangers, and records of work-related injuries and illnesses, and
• how to make a complaint or request an inspection from OSHA and what happens afterward. 

In 2020, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Lyft and Uber to obtain wages, benefits, and other protections for drivers. The companies reached a settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) that:

1. provides at least $140 million in back pay to drivers who used the Uber and Lyft Driver apps to provide rides to passengers in Massachusetts between July 14, 2020, and July 2, 2024, and
2. provides new benefits to all current drivers who use the Uber and Lyft Driver apps to provide trips to passengers.

In this webinar, the Massachusetts AGO will explain how to determine if you are eligible for back pay and the new benefits for drivers, such as minimum wage, paid sick leave, and health insurance. 

To request interpretation at no cost, email workers@boston.gov two weeks before the event.