- The Interplay of M.G.L. c.32 and M.G.L. c.152 Under M.G.L. c.152, the Worker Compensation statute, worker compensation benefits are...

The Division of Local Services is continuing its recent efforts to update its Informational Guideline Releases. IGR-2022-1 explains...

Our last newsletter summarized a ruling by an investigator of the Department of Labor Relations regarding the need to bargain over the...

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive fines but it is only recently that the U.S. Supreme Court considered...

Most public employers are aware that they have the managerial right to order an employee to undergo a fitness-for-duty examination. In...

LFO 2022-1: Exemption Eligibility for Electric Generating Systems When Situated on Property Owned by a Governmental Entity The DOR...

A justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court recently denied a request for a preliminary injunction filed by parents and citizen rights...

Employers in the age of COVID are moving beyond mask mandates and requiring vaccines, including boosters, as a condition of continued...

In its recent decision in Mississippi v. Tennessee, ___ U.S. ___, 142 S. Ct. 31 (Nov. 22, 2021), the U.S. Supreme Court, adjudicating a...

New Quotas for Liquor Licenses The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has updated each municipality’s quota for liquor licenses based...

Students and parents get assistance with unpaid school lunch debt.

More COVID paid sick leave is required and eligible for reimbursement by the state.

ARPA money? Review the latest guidance on eligible uses.

IGR 21-24 “Property Tax Exemptions for Solar Powered, Wind Powered, Fuel Cell Powered and Energy Storage Systems” Ch. 8 of the Acts of...

Employee evaluations, the Open Meeting Law, and the Public Records Statutes are frequent areas of inquiry. What can be discussed in...

Last month, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) interpreted the Domestic Violence and Abuse Leave Act, M.G.L. c.149, §52E, for the first...

Enforcement Actions Under the Wetlands Protection Act May Be Commenced against Subsequent Owners Long after the Act Is Violated The...

State Grant Programs for Compact Communities The Department of Revenue has announced that funding is available for four Community Compact...

IGR21-22 Land of Low Value Post-Affidavit Process and Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure M.G.L. c.60, §79 provides a simpler and faster method...

What relief is available to a citizen when the Town declines to make requested repairs to a public way? Not much, according to the...