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 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 | Jun 4, 2025 | Sandulli Grace In The News
Sandulli Grace attorneys John M. Becker and Lauren Kopec have been selected as Massachusetts 2024 Super Lawyers. This is the fourth consecutive year of Super Lawyer selection for Attorney Becker, who has been practicing labor and employment law on behalf of unions and...
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...
by Jennifer N. Smith | Jun 8, 2022 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
With immeasurable sorrow we announce the passing of Kenneth Allen Grace. Ken, a born union organizer, graduated from Cornell University’s School for Industrial and Labor Relations with a BS in 1973, followed by a Master’s in Labor Studies from UMass Amherst in...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 16, 2021 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News, Uncategorized
The police reform bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Legislature (known as the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training or “POST” law) established a number of committees to study various aspects of policing in the Commonwealth. The job of one of those...
