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Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
"Regular Compensation" as Applied to Determination of an Employee's Effective Retirement Date
- 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...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Rapid Fire Update - February 2022
The Division of Local Services is continuing its recent efforts to update its Informational Guideline Releases. IGR-2022-1 explains...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
A Court Weighs in on Vaccine Mandates and Impact Bargaining
Our last newsletter summarized a ruling by an investigator of the Department of Labor Relations regarding the need to bargain over the...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Largest Pension Forfeiture to Date Does Not Constitute an Unconstitutionally Excessive Fine
The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive fines but it is only recently that the U.S. Supreme Court considered...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Public Employers Must Bargain Fitness-for-Duty Examination Procedures
Most public employers are aware that they have the managerial right to order an employee to undergo a fitness-for-duty examination. In...