by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 10, 2016 | In Our Opinion...
In October 1969 the Boston Globe ran a five article series titled “The Daily Life of a Policeman.” The articles include interviews with members of the Boston Police Department, a psychiatrist, and policy pieces summarizing the problems facing the police, along with...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Labor Arbitration Institute have arbitrators discuss hypothetical employment arbitration scenarios and state how he/she would have ruled. These “decisions” by arbitrators can be helpful in assessing how an arbitrator would rule in real world cases. In this...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 15, 2016 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Employees who receive workers’ compensation benefits may not sue their employers in tort. G.L. c. 152 Sec. 24. Employees may, however, file claims against third parties. G.L. c. 152 Sec. 15. If the employee recovers damages from the third party, the employer is...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Late last year the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the reinstatement of a Portland Police Officer, rejecting the city’s attempt to negate an arbitrator’s order under the guise of “public policy.” The case Portland Police Ass’n v. City of Portland arose out of the 2010...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Jan 13, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (a/k/a “Obama Care”) contains a provision that would impose a 40% non-deductible tax on higher cost health plans. The tax was scheduled to go into effect in 2018 on plans whose total annual cost exceeds $10,200 for individual and $27,500...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 28, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
As a former SWAT team member, this police officer approached the small white package left on his police vehicle cautiously. It turned out to be a sweet “survival kit” of candies left by an anonymous Secret Santa thanking law enforcement officers like him...
