Civil Service Commission Reverses Boston Police’s Reliance On Questionable Drug Test

August 18th, 2008 by Patrick Bryant
In a sharply worded decision, the Civil Service Commission reversed the Boston Police Department’s bypass of a candidate who tested “positive” for cocaine in a hair test and strenuously denied any use of illicit drugs. In short, the Commission’s decision Justiniano Plaza v. Boston Police Department http://www.mass.gov/csc/csc_cases/plazajustiniano.pdf (July 10, 2008), indicates that police departments ... (more)

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Sandulli Grace, PC Supports Saturday’s Safety & Survival conference hosted by Duxbury Permanent Firefighters Association

August 12th, 2008 by Patrick Bryant
Sandulli Grace, PC, client Duxbury Permanent Firefighters Association, Local 2167, IAFF, AFL-CIO hosts the second annual “Firefighter Safety & Survival Conference 2008” this Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center. The featured speaker is FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka, author of “First In, Last Out - Leadership Lessons From The ... (more)

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Civil Service Commission Bars City From Filling Fire Lieutenant Vacancy To Save Room For Returning Disability Retirees

August 2nd, 2008 by John Becker
In a surprisingly anti-employer decision, the Civil Service Commission enforced a preference for formerly disabled retirees at the expense of existing employees ready, willing and able to immediately accept a promotion appointment. In Faggiano, Jones & Cappuccio v. City of Medford and Human Resources Division, issued on July 3, 2008, the Commission backed the ... (more)

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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

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 a police officer is ineligible for an accidental disability retirement. In Damiano v. CRAB , ... (more)

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

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 and firefighters, Congress permits public safety employers to pay less overtime so long as ... (more)

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

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 Boston Globe, President Cameron closes by noting the most obvious benefit of police ... (more)

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