Archive for July, 2008

Mass. Appeals Court Continues Radical Assault On Public Employee Retirement - Public Safety Employee Permanently Disabled By Unsolicited Horseplay Does Not Qualify For Work-Related Retirement

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 by Patrick Bryant

Riding the media tidal wave of hostility toward public safety employees receiving workers compensation-type benefits, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts has ruled that a police dispatcher permanently disabled from her job as a result of unsolicited roughhousing at work by…

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Town’s Forgotten Unenforced Memo Sufficient To Establish Partial Overtime Exemption Under Flsa.

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 by Patrick Bryant

Most employees, public and private, are entitled to overtime compensation under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for every hour actually worked beyond 40 hours in a seven-day period. As another needless reminder of the second-class status of police officers…

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Mcop President Weighs In On Details In Boston Globe, Sandulli Attorney Decker Speaks On Supreme Court Ruling

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 by Bryan Decker

Tired of the ongoing, and disingenuous, attacks on having police officers perform paid details? So is Hugh Cameron, President of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, a Sandulli Grace client since its formation. In a letter to the editor of the…

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In Sjc’s Latest Assault On Labor Arbitration, Public Employees Lose Even When They Win

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 by John Becker

At first glance, the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Sheriff of Suffolk County v. Jail Officers and Employees (http://socialaw.org/slip.htm?cid=18288&sid=120, decided June 23, 2008), which upholds an arbitrator’s reinstatement of a public employee, is unremarkable. Unfortunately, the Court’s reasoning and commentary in…

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