by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jun 13, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a public employee’s personal use of a municipal vehicle, which also is used for official purposes, does not count as “regular compensation” for purposes of retirement. The decision...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | May 30, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
In a decision highly anticipated by the law enforcement community in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court Wednesday ruled that the state’s ban on lie detectors does not apply to police officers suspected of “criminal activity” – even to police officers who have...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | May 30, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
Continuing its relative and seemingly endless streak of anti-union arbitration decisions, the state’s highest appellate court reversed an arbitrator’s promotion of a bargaining unit employee. In Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Association, SJC-10089 (May...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Apr 15, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
In late February, we alerted you to the General Court’s efforts to pass legislation designed to strengthen penalties imposed on employers by reinstating automatic treble damages for employees who prevail in wage and hour lawsuits against their employers. (See Feb 27...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Apr 9, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
The Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously confirmed the general “coming and going” rule that most Massachusetts workers are not entitled to workers compensation benefits for injuries suffered while traveling to or from work, even when the injury is caused...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Apr 9, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
Early Wednesday morning, more than 70 percent of the 100 production and technical workers at Boston’s FOX25 (WFXT) television station overwhelmingly voted to join Local 1228, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 1228 is one of the largest unions in...
