The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that exempting an in-person DCF social worker from a COVID-19 vaccination mandate would have imposed an undue hardship under Chapter 151B.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that the State Police colonel cannot bargain away statutory authority to mandate overtime and restrict time off for public-safety needs.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that an informal internal email may be a protected health-care safety complaint and revived a physician’s public-policy claim.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that persistent, treatment-resistant PVCs may qualify as heart disease under the Heart Law even when their precise cause is unknown.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated summary judgment for the surety, holding that fringe-benefit fund trustees who are intended third-party beneficiaries of a collective bargaining agreement have a “contractual relationship” with the general contractor under G.L. c. 149, § 29, exempting them from the statute’s sixty-five-day written notice requirement.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed summary judgment for retired Boston firefighters who sought cash payouts for unused compensatory time, holding that derivative leave categories created through a vacation-redemption formula are neither contractually required nor ‘wages earned’ under the Wage Act.