by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 11, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
In a case between the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, Inc. (BPPA) and the City of Boston, Arbitrator Michael Ryan found that the Internal Affairs procedures of the Boston Police Department Rules are “benefits” incorporated into the collective bargaining...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 4, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
Massachusetts law prohibits employers from requiring employees to violate a religious practice and therefore requires employers to provide a “reasonable accommodation” of their religious practice, so long as the accommodation does not create “undue hardship” for the...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 1, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in Cosmo Bisazza’s Case, SJC-10183 (Nov. 20, 2008), that mental and emotional injuries are analyzed under the same standard as physical injuries under the Workers’ Compensation Act. An employee is eligible for workers’...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 7, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
The recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Ralph J. Maher v. Retirement Board of Quincy , SJC-10182 (Nov. 6, 2008), serves as a stark cautionary tale to public employees, and as a reminder that courts take a hard line against misconduct that...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 3, 2008 | In Our Opinion..., Sandulli Grace In The News
The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a grant of unemployment benefits to a Boston Police Officer terminated for testing “positive” for cocaine on a hair test. In City of Boston v. George Downing , 06-P-1725 (Oct. 31, 2008), the Court ruled that the Division of...
