by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 16, 2009 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, today upheld a 2006 ruling of the state Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB) that the City of Boston unlawfully reduced the overtime compensation of Boston Patrol Officers without first...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 13, 2009 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Civil Service Commission today rejected appeals filed by Sandulli Grace on behalf of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police (and companion cases filed by the Boston Superior Officers and IBPO) challenging the Human...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 2, 2009 | In Our Opinion...
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, as we’ve indicated frequently on this blog, has issued a number of decisions that are unfavorable, and occasionally hostile, to public employees in general and public safety employees in particular. However, in Retirement...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 24, 2009 | In Our Opinion...
The Civil Service Commission has scheduled a pre-hearing conference for the appeal filed by Sandulli Grace clients Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, and Boston Patrol Officer (and BPPA Treasurer) Tom Pratt of the decision of...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 19, 2009 | In Our Opinion...
On Friday, February 13, 2009, the Massachusetts Human Resources Division (HRD) suddenly informed police officers around the state that HRD will start “banding” scores from civil service promotional exams when placed on eligibility lists. Because this radical shift in...
