MA Labor/DLR

Commentary on Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (Apr-June, 2017)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. & Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins Loughran & Peloquin, P.C. ARBITRATION AWARDS Settlement Agreement Bars Union’s Claim for Accrual of Vacation Time. In Town of Millbury and Millbury Police Association, 43 MLC 253, Arbitrator James Sunkenberg held the Union’s grievance concerning the accrual of [...]

Commentary on Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (Jan-Mar, 2017)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (April - June 2016 Decisions) Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. & Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins Loughran & Peloquin, P.C. EMPLOYER BARGAINING OBLIGATIONS Implementation Of Narcan Policy Remains In Place, But Employer Must Bargain Impacts In Town of Natick and Natick Patrol Officers Association, (43 MLC 178), the Hearing Officer, [...]

Commentary on Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (Jul-Sep, 2016)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (April - June 2016 Decisions) Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. & Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins Loughran & Peloquin, P.C. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS Management Rights Language Gives Employer Right To Assign Overtime. Arbitrator Timothy Hatfiled held in City of Worcester and NAGE, Local 495, 43 MLC 8 (2016) that the [...]

2018-08-05T16:33:46-04:00December 8th, 2016|Categories: MA Labor/DLR|Tags: |

Commentary on Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (Apr-Jun, 2016)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (April - June 2016 Decisions) Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. & Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins Loughran & Peloquin, P.C. DISCIPLINE. Arbitrator Upholds Suspension Of Police Officer Who Used Police Database For Personal Reasons To Investigate Girlfriend’s Ex-Husband. In Town of Sutton and Sutton Police Sergeants and Patrolmen’s Association, [...]

New Rules At JLMC For Police And Fire Interest Arbitration

The JLMC has issued new rules designed to promote negotiations and, where necessary, expedite arbitrations.  There will be greater scrutiny of petitions filed after minimal bargaining.  The committee may even decline jurisdiction. The issues to be submitted are now due to the JLMC 5-days in advance of the 3A hearing, but the exchange of issues [...]

2018-08-05T16:33:46-04:00September 11th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Employment, MA Labor/DLR|Tags: , , , , |

Commentary on Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations (Jan-Mar, 2016)

  Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter (January - March 2016 Decisions) Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. & Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins, Loughran & Peloquin, P.C. City Required to Produce Records to Union Even When City’s Attorney’s Copied on Communications In City of Boston v. Municipal Police Patrolmen’s Assoc. IBPO Local 650, 42 MLC [...]

2018-08-05T16:33:47-04:00June 16th, 2016|Categories: MA Labor/DLR|Tags: , , |

Commentary on Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations Decisions (Apr – Dec, 2015)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. & Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins, Loughran & Peloquin, P.C.   DECISIONAL AND IMPACT BARGAINING School Not Required To Bargain With Union Over Decision To Allow Teachers To Teach Online Course Outside of School for Credit In Canton School Committee and Canton Teachers Association, [...]

2018-08-05T16:33:49-04:00January 26th, 2016|Categories: MA Labor/DLR|Tags: |

Commentary of the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations Decisions (Jan – Mar, 2015)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter Management Commentary by Leo Peloquin, Esq., Joshua Coleman, Esq., and Stephanie Merabet, Esq. Collins, Loughran & Peloquin, P.C. Discipline CERB Reverses Hearing Officer’s Decision, Which Did Not Award Back Pay, And Holds Employees Are Entitled to Back Pay When Disciplined for Concerted Protected Activity. In Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary of Administration [...]

2018-08-05T16:34:37-04:00April 14th, 2015|Categories: MA Labor/DLR|Tags: |

NLRB Grants Employees Right To Use Employer Email

  For the last seven years, employers have had the right to control the use of their email system by banning employee communication regarding union-related activities, so long as the ban applied to all non-work-related communications and did not discriminate against union activity. In a recent decision, Purple Communications, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America, [...]

2018-08-05T16:35:38-04:00January 22nd, 2015|Categories: Blog, MA Labor/DLR|Tags: , , , |

Commentary on Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations Decisions (Nov. – Dec., 2014)

Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter Management Commentary By Leo J. Peloquin, Esq. and Joshua R. Coleman, Esq. Collins, Loughran & Peloquin, P.C.   Employers must bargain over decision to install GPS in vehicles In what seems to be a departure from prior DLR decisions, the Hearing Officer in City of Springfield v. AFSCME, Local 93, 41 [...]

2018-01-08T16:53:25-05:00January 21st, 2015|Categories: MA Labor/DLR|Tags: |
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