Archive for September, 2007

Mass Supreme Judicial Court agrees to review decision allowing Police Chief to order polygraph of Employee

Monday, September 17th, 2007 by Bryan Decker

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…

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Court Upholds Arbitrator’s Order To Reinstate Non-Tenured MTA Teacher

Monday, September 3rd, 2007 by Patrick Bryant

In Massachusetts, public school teachers do not obtain Professional Teacher Status (otherwise known as tenure or protection against discharge without just cause) until they teach four consecutive years without being terminated. Teachers automatically attain PTS if they are appointed for…

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