by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 22, 2014 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
As you know, on November 4, 2014 Massachusetts voters approved ballot question 4 which enacts a new section of MGL c. 149 section 148C and provides for Massachusetts employees to earn and use 40 hours of sick leave in a calendar year. This new law is effective July...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Jul 29, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Governor has just signed the budget which includes an amendment to MGL c. 31 sec 58. C. 31 sec 58 is a section of the Civil Service Law and addresses “Municipal police officers and firefighters; qualifications.” It includes a residency requirement for civil...
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 John Becker | Oct 4, 2010 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
A Boston Police officer and a Wellesley police sergeant received good news this week when Superior Court judge Carol Ball ruled that the state Board of Higher Education had to certify their master’s degrees in criminal justice as eligible for benefits under the Quinn...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 1, 2008 | In Our Opinion...
Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in Cosmo Bisazza’s Case, SJC-10183 (Nov. 20, 2008), that mental and emotional injuries are analyzed under the same standard as physical injuries under the Workers’ Compensation Act. An employee is eligible for workers’...
