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One such requirement is the provision of garden leave or other mutually agreed upon consideration. Under the MNAA, \u201cgarden leave\u201d is where the former employee is paid at least 50% of their highest base salary on a pro rata basis during the entire restricted period.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>Carroll v. Mitsubishi Chemical America<\/em>, the plaintiff, a former commercial operations director at Mitsubishi Chemical America (\u201cMCA\u201d), resigned from her position and took a job with a non-competitive employer in compliance with the non-compete provision of her employment contract. When MCA then sought to opt out of the non-compete provision and cancel related garden leave payments, Carroll sued, alleging breach of the employment contract and violation of the Wage Act.<\/p>\n<p>On MCA\u2019s motion to dismiss, the court declined to dismiss Carroll\u2019s contract claims, but sided with MCA as to the Wage Act claim, reasoning that the garden leave payments were not \u201cwages\u201d within the meaning of the Wage Act. Moreover, the court stated that \u201cthere is no evidence that the Legislature intended to provide treble damages and attorneys\u2019 fees and costs to professionals enforcing their asserted contractual rights. Courts have therefore found that money due an employee under contractual obligations, regardless of whether work was performed, is not included within the definition of earned wages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As we wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/2022\/04\/07\/client-alert-massachusetts-employers-are-strictly-liable-for-treble-damages-for-late-wage-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prior client alert from April 2022<\/a>, in\u00a0<em>Reuter v. 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