by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 5, 2012 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did NOT issue a decision in Adams v. Boston, the case considering whether municipalities may cut Quinn Bill benefits to officers. Obviously, no news is not news, but I write because I am asked about a decision at least...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jan 12, 2012 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Once a police officer qualifies for Quinn Bill benefits, the benefits cannot be terminated if the officer is rehired or transferred after the Quinn Bill cut-off date of July 1, 2009. Under the recent Quinn Bill amendments police officers hired after July 1, 2009 are...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Jan 1, 2012 | Labor In The News
On November 18, 2011 Governor Deval Patrick signed Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2011, “An Act Providing for Pension Reform and Benefit Modernization.” This is the third pension reform measure passed in the last three years, and significantly changes the benefit...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 19, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”; “the Board”) dropped its retaliation lawsuit against Boeing at the urging of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (“Machinists”) after it signed a contract with Boeing on Dec. 9, 2011. The NLRB...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 12, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Heart Law presumption, commonly called the “Heart Bill” presumes that a police officer’s heart ailment is work-related for purposes of accidental disability retirement, unless there is sufficient evidence to rebut it. In other words, if you have a heart ailment...
by Alan Shapiro | Dec 1, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Based on many recent Civil Service decisions and, even more poignantly, the courts’ reaction to those decisions, many of us concluded that challenging a bypass promotional case was about as promising as hitting a trifecta at your local race track. [1] That...
