by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 29, 2008 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
“Employee misclassification” has long been a problem that costs workers and the government billions of dollars every year. Employers are notorious for trying to label employees “independent contractors” in order to avoid paying payroll taxes and worker benefits....
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 29, 2008 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Contact The Governor To Tell Him To Stand With Workers On S. 1029 As we noted on Wednesday, earlier this week Governor Patrick refused to sign legislation designed to strengthen penalties imposed on employers that violate state wage and hour laws. Instead, he sent the...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 27, 2008 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
In a major concession to employers, on February 25 Governor Patrick, like Mitt Romney before him, refused to sign legislation designed to strengthen penalties imposed on employers that violate state wage and hour laws, instead sending it back to the legislature with a...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Oct 1, 2007 | Labor In The News
On July 16, 2007, the Massachusetts legislature amended the law to enable cities and towns to more easily join the Group Insurance Commission for the provision of health insurance to municipal employees. The Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is the entity that...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 17, 2007 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Recently, in Furtado v. Town of Plymouth, 69 Mass.App.Ct. 319 (June 11, 2007), the Massachusetts Appeal court ruled that a police officer can be forced to submit to a lie detector examination under threat of discipline in most circumstances. As noted in our report of...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 29, 2007 | Labor In The News
The Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission appointed a new Chairman effective Monday, August 27, 2007. Michael A. Byrnes, who worked for the past six years as a business agent for the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, Local 3, SEIU, AFL-CIO, has been...
