Social Media Will Ruin Your Whole Life, Again
More than four years ago, my colleague Jennifer Smith wrote a blog entry entitled “Social Media Will Ruin Your Whole Life.” The blog detailed how one corporate executive lost her job over one “stupid...
View ArticleCivil Service Commission Upholds Termination Of African American Boston...
In Rowe v. Boston Fire Department (D1-18-074), issued on August 29, 2019, the Civil Service Commission upheld the discharge of Boston Firefighter Octavius Rowe for the content of his social media posts...
View ArticleSandulli Grace, P.C. and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police Present the...
Sandulli Grace, P.C. and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police are proud to announce our third 2019 police union training. Sandulli Grace and MassCOP believe in empowering MassCOP’s local unions...
View ArticleSandulli Grace, P.C. and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police Present the...
Sandulli Grace, P.C. and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police are proud to announce our third 2019 police union training. Sandulli Grace and MassCOP believe in empowering MassCOP’s local unions...
View ArticleFEDERAL COURT DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST BROOKLINE FIREFIGHTERS’ UNION
On April 2, 2020, a federal court judge dismissed a discrimination lawsuit against Local 950, International Association of Firefighers (the Brookline firefighters’ union) brought by one of its members....
View ArticleFamilies First Coronavirus Response Act: A Brief Explanation
Under a new federal law, titled the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the federal government has created several new programs to assist workers during the current crisis. There are now...
View ArticlePolice Unions And The Current Climate
On December 22, the New York Times published an article entitled, “How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline.” To someone reading the story without an understanding of labor relations and the...
View ArticleTribute to Joseph G. Sandulli, November 17, 1944 to March 10, 2021
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our colleague, mentor and friend, Joseph G. Sandulli. Joe passed away on March 10, 2021, with his family around him, after a characteristically...
View ArticleIs Your Employer Calculating Your Overtime Rate Correctly?
Federal law requires all employers to pay overtime rates for certain hours worked, but many employers calculate the overtime rate incorrectly. To find out if you may be owed money, read on. A federal...
View ArticleVaccine Mandates Are Coming: What Can Be Done?
With today’s Federal Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those 16 years of age and older, and with approval of the Moderna vaccine expected soon, we can anticipate a wave of...
View ArticleSandulli Grace Attorney Submits Testimony on Civil Service for the...
The police reform bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Legislature (known as the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training or “POST” law) established a number of committees to study...
View ArticleTribute to Kenneth A. Grace, October 15, 1951 – June 2, 2022
With immeasurable sorrow we announce the passing of Kenneth Allen Grace. Ken, a born union organizer, graduated from Cornell University’s School for Industrial and Labor Relations with a BS in 1973,...
View ArticleJohn Becker on National Labor Issues
Sandulli Grace attorney John Becker is quoted extensively in an article published June 12, 2023 in Salon, a national publication. The article focuses on labor law opinions issued by the most recent...
View ArticleMore On Sandulli Grace’s John Becker’s interview with Salon About The Recent...
ONLINE NEWS MAGAZINE SALON INTERVIEWS SANDULLI GRACE ATTORNEY ON RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION ON UNION’S RIGHT TO STRIKE Following the June 1, 2023 Supreme Court decision in Glacier Northwest Inc. v....
View ArticleDALA Finds that Hazardous Duty Pay is Regular Compensation
Retired Malden police sergeant and member of MassCOP Local 479, Paul McLeod, successfully appealed the Malden Retirement Board’s decision to exclude hazardous duty pay from regular compensation for...
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