by John Becker | Oct 26, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
The Town of Bellingham must provide a police officer who was out on administrative leave with additional paid detail opportunities after an arbitrator found that the Police Department’s practice of giving “refusals” to such officers violated the collective bargaining...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Nov 23, 2011 | Labor In The News
On November 22nd, Governor Patrick signed the Evergreen “Fix” bill into law. The bill was passed as an emergency act so it immediately goes into effect. Accordingly, municipal employers are bound to the terms of collective bargaining agreements with an evergreen...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Nov 18, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Last fall, the state Supreme Judicial Court overturned 30 years of history and held that “evergreen clauses” – clauses that extend collective bargaining agreements until a new contract is negotiated – were unlawful and unenforceable if the clause operated to extend a...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 8, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
Massachusetts Arbitrator Mary Ellen Shea ruled that the City of North Adams is required to offer certain overtime shifts first to full-time police officers, under a collective bargaining agreement between the City and the North Adams Police Union, Massachusetts...
