evaluation

SJC Ruling Clarifies Evidence Required To Establish Pretext

On February 29, 2016, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued an important decision articulating the type of evidence required for a plaintiff to survive summary judgment in an employment discrimination case. Bulwer v. Mount Auburn Hospital, 2015 WL 10376073 (2016). For years, courts have grappled with this issue in discrimination cases where there is rarely [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2018-08-05T16:33:48-04:00March 12th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Employment|Tags: Discrimination, evaluation, Evidence, Summary Judgment, Supreme Court|

Flawed Psych Evaluation Leads To Discrimination Liability

Employers are risking more than the employee being placed at the top of the next list when they rely on a faulty psychological evaluation to bypass an applicant for police officer. A Superior Court decision issued in August in Boston Police Department v. Kavaleski et al. ruled that the City of Boston was liable for [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2018-01-08T16:53:26-05:00September 3rd, 2014|Categories: Employment|Tags: Background Checks, Bypass, Civil Service Commission, Discrimination, evaluation, psychological, SJC|