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...
by Alan Shapiro | Oct 24, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
I had a police officer client in my office a few days ago who insisted that Question 1, which would repeal the Massachusetts state income tax, will definitely pass. When I heard that, I knew I had to at least write something to try to convince that tiny proportion of...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 15, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently highlighted the difficulty a public employee applying for accidental disability retirement faces when trying to establish a mental disability was caused by work. Fender v. CRAB, 07-P-0621 (Oct. 3, 2008). To establish...
