LABOR, THE LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE…
The Civil Service Commission has scheduled a pre-hearing conference for the appeal filed by Sandulli Grace clients Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, and Boston Patrol Officer (and BPPA Treasurer) Tom Pratt of the decision of the…
Today’s Boston Globe has an article about the banding controversy. You can find the article here. Several of the comments in the article not only are inaccurate but also revealing. The Mass. Chiefs want more leeway in promotions:
“It’s no different than…
On Friday, February 13, 2009, the Massachusetts Human Resources Division (HRD) suddenly informed police officers around the state that HRD will start “banding” scores from civil service promotional exams when placed on eligibility lists. Because this radical shift in the…
Massachusetts public employers cannot discriminate against employees who engage in “concerted, protected activity” under G.L. c.150E, the public sector collective bargaining law. In order to prevail in an unlawful discrimination case, the aggrieved employee or union must show that (1)…
A recent decision by the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB, formerly known as the Labor Relations Commission) clarified when employers are supposed to respond to information requests and when labor organizations are supposed to file unfair labor practice charges about…
