by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 24, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
On September 22, 2015, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a Health Benefits Survey of employer health plans demonstrating that health care costs for an individual employee have grown seven times as fast as wages and inflation from January to June of 2015. The...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 19, 2015 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Court Decision Reinstating Boston Police Officer Wins Sandulli Grace Press Coverage The case involved the firing of veteran Boston police officer and BPPA member David Williams for allegedly using excessive force during an arrest. The arbitrator found that Williams...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 17, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News, Uncategorized
Sandulli Grace Attorney Nick Pollard was prominently quoted in the August 1st Boston Sunday Globe. Nick was interviewed for a front-page article on New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady’s appeal of the suspension imposed on him by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell....
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jul 9, 2015 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Ever feel like you don’t quite get it? Where something seems so simple, but maybe, just maybe, there’s something you’re missing? Like, in the case of the Waltham Police Contract where it says that a decision of an arbitrator will be “final and binding,” doesn’t that...
by Jennifer N. Smith | Apr 8, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Many workers in Massachusetts do not qualify to take leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”).[1] Yet, at the same time, in a country where automatic leave to attend to the birth or adoption of child is rare, millions of employees rely on the FMLA to...
by Jennifer N. Smith | Mar 10, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
An in-depth examination of the career-crushing power of social media in the New York Times Magazine last month, “How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life,” (http://nyti.ms/1FC8BfG), illustrates just how fatal off-hand remarks (or ill-advised photos) on social...