by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 27, 2008 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
In a major concession to employers, on February 25 Governor Patrick, like Mitt Romney before him, refused to sign legislation designed to strengthen penalties imposed on employers that violate state wage and hour laws, instead sending it back to the legislature with a...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jan 30, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
The influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that an employer cannot refuse to bargain with a union that represents illegal immigrants that the employer hired. In Agri Processesor Co. Inc., v. National Labor Relations Board, (Jan. 4,...
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 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...
