This Law Firm Publication by Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLP, discusses Melia v. Zenhire, Inc., in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court identified the circumstances when an out-of-state forum selection clause in an employment contract violates the Massachusetts Wage Act. In Melia, the court held that a forum selection clause is a special contract disallowed by the Wage Act when the employee's claim is covered by the Wage Act, the court of the forum state would not apply Massachusetts law, and the employee would be deprived of a substantive right under the Wage Act.