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...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 16, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
The legislature passed a bill that reorganizes the three state agencies with jurisdiction over public sector employees – the Labor Relations Commission, the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration and the Joint Labor Management Committee. Amy Laura Davidson served as...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 15, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
In January 2000, the Chief of Police in the Town of Oxford ordered all police officers to remove their MCOP Union Pins. The Oxford Police Association, MCOP Local 173, filed a prohibited practice charge at the Labor Relations Commission, arguing that the Massachusetts...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 12, 2007 | In Our Opinion...
In LeMaitre vs. Mass. Turnpike Authority (November 5, 2007) [http://socialaw.org/slip.htm?cid=17603&sid=119], the Appeals Court ruled that a nonunion civil engineer is entitled to sick leave buyback under the public employer’s buyback policy in place for the...
