by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 8, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
In the latest decision concerning the application of Fair Labor Standards Act to Massachusetts public safety officers, Judge Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled on which payments must be added to the overtime rate; whether...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 5, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
On September 27, 2007, Governor Patrick signed legislation that will require covered employers to recognize a union based on a showing that a majority of employees want to form a union. In doing so, Massachusetts joined a handful of states that have outpaced the U.S....
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 1, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
SJC Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (later a U.S. Supreme Court Justice) once famously quipped in an 1892 case by a terminated New Bedford police officer against the Mayor: “The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 17, 2007 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Recently, in Furtado v. Town of Plymouth, 69 Mass.App.Ct. 319 (June 11, 2007), the Massachusetts Appeal court ruled that a police officer can be forced to submit to a lie detector examination under threat of discipline in most circumstances. As noted in our report of...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 3, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
In Massachusetts, public school teachers do not obtain Professional Teacher Status (otherwise known as tenure or protection against discharge without just cause) until they teach four consecutive years without being terminated. Teachers automatically attain PTS if...
