by Laurel Goldstein | Dec 2, 2025 | Unfair Labor Practices, Contract & Interest Arbitration, Labor In The News
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently held that Robert Driscoll—a now-retired Melrose firefighter and member of the Air National Guard—was entitled to pay for up to forty 24-hour shifts per Federal fiscal year missed during his military service. This decision...
by Nicholas Adams | Sep 17, 2025 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Litigation, Strategic Advice
In a case involving plaintiff Mark Pananos, a high school mathematics teacher, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a Massachusetts public employee who previously forfeited their retirement allowance under M.G.L. c. 32, § 15(4) is permanently ineligible to receive...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 1, 2025 | Sandulli Grace In The News, Labor In The News, Unfair Labor Practices
In a case involving the Gloucester Retirement Board and two members of the Gloucester Police Patrolmen’s Association, MassCOP Local 344, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (“DALA”) confirmed that all compensation earned by reserve police officers, including...
by Laurel Goldstein | Jun 6, 2025 | Collective Bargaining, Labor In The News, Litigation
In an important win for employees and unions, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) recently ruled in favor of the Newton Police Superior Officers Association, MCOP Local 401 (“NPSOA”), finding that the City of Newton (“City”) discriminated against NPSOA...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jun 5, 2025 | Labor In The News, Litigation, Sandulli Grace In The News
A member of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the largest police union in the Commonwealth, is back on the job after his union fought for his termination to be overturned. Jeffrey Maligno, a police officer in the Town of Plympton, MA, was accused by his employer...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 19, 2024 | Contract & Interest Arbitration, Labor In The News, Litigation, Sandulli Grace In The News
Retired Malden police sergeant and member of MassCOP Local 479, Paul McLeod, successfully appealed the Malden Retirement Board’s decision to exclude hazardous duty pay from regular compensation for purposes of computing retirement benefits. In January 2022, following...
