by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jan 11, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
In Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, http://socialaw.org/slip.htm?cid=17757&sid=120, SJC-09893 (Jan. 8, 2008), the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the transit agency violated state anti-discrimination...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jan 2, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
In Nguyen v. William Joiner Center For The Study Of War And Social Consequences, SJC-09848 (December 21, 2007) [http://socialaw.org/slip.htm?cid=17718&sid=120], the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dismissed a claim that the University of Massachusetts...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 7, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
In a brief opinion, the Supreme Judicial Court upheld the right of the joint labor management committee (JLMC), the state agency that resolves bargaining disputes involving police or fire unions, to issue an award including a type of shift, such as 24-hour shifts for...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 5, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination is re-opening its Central Massachusetts office in January 2008. MCAD, the state agency that enforces state law prohibiting many forms of discrimination in employment, housing, lending, education, and public places,...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 4, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
The State Appeals Court ruled that a county laboratory director is exempt from the protections of state wage and hour law embodied in General Laws chapters 149 and 151. Like its federal counterpart (the Federal Labor Standards Act), the state overtime law requires...
