by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 13, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
In an arbitration case, the Arbitrator found that the City of Salem violated the contract and past practice when Mayor Driscoll refused to pay a Captain, retiring after 30 years of service to the City’s Police Department, for the various benefits and stipends which...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 18, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
OK, just when you thought it was okay to put aside the Quinn bill case until the SJC issues a ruling, our “friends” over on Morrissey Boulevard decide they need to chime in on the case – by writing an editorial urging the SJC to rule against the right of officers to...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 14, 2011 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Thanks to the good folks at Suffolk Law, video of last week’s oral argument in the Boston Quinn Bill case is now available for viewing. Just follow this link to watch Sandulli Grace’s Bryan Decker argue on behalf of the Boston officers who had their statutory...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 9, 2011 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Sandulli Grace Partner Bryan Decker argued yesterday before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the “Quinn bill case.” As previous posts have discussed, Decker represents a group of Boston Police Officers challenging the City of Boston’s reduction of...
by John Becker | Oct 16, 2011 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Arbitrator Nancy Peace recently issued an arbitration award reversing disciplinary action issued to a Concord police sergeant. In the award, Arbitrator Peace found that the sergeant – who had a spotless 20 year record with the Concord Police Department – did not...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 5, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
We just got word that the Supreme Judicial Court has scheduled oral argument for Adams v. Boston for November 8, 2011 at 9:00a.m. At issue in the case is whether a municipality can cut Quinn Bill payments to officers based on the underfunding of reimbursements by the...