by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 2, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
In a twist on illegal wage parity proposals, the Department of Labor Relations (DLR) issued Complaints of Prohibited Practice against the Boston Public Health Commission (Commission) for proposing and insisting upon an unlawful health insurance parity clause. (Read...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 2, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
When cities and towns use self-funded health insurance plans, they have been able to cheat on their required contributions. We have already found a number of cases where municipalities have failed to make their required contributions, thereby forcing employees to pay...
by Jennifer N. Smith | Aug 5, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say . . . Like many people nowadays, Natalie Munroe had a blog where she shared tips about cooking and child rearing. The high school English teacher from Doylestown, PA, also used her blog to sound off about her students, referring...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 4, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Policing and Emergency Medical Services The nature of policing is evolving again as departments are getting more involved in providing emergency medical services. Traditionally the police service has focused on responding to criminal acts, investigating them, and...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jul 30, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
McDonald’s isn’t “loving it” anymore. In a ruling made public on July 28, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., found that McDonald’s is a joint employer under the law with its franchisees and therefore liable for the...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jun 24, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Chalk this one up to “this wasn’t already settled law?” Yes, it was only last week that the US Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment to the Constitution protects an employee’s right to testify truthfully in a court case. In 2006, Central Alabama Community...
