. * kK KOK OF CITE AS 38 MLC 6 Massachusetts Labor Cases Volume 38 Background In the Matter of BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION and SEIU, LOCAL 888 Case No. MUP-08-5279 67.15 union waiver of bargaining rights furnishing information This matter concerns the Unions request for the entire personnel file of a bargaining unit member (Grievant), whom the BPHC hired as a Floater Counselor on January 21, 2007.

including: (1) multiple charges for possession of marijuana; (2) admitted use of marijuana in 2011, after taking the firefighter exam; (3) minimizing his own involvement and blaming others for his marijuana offenses, (4) a consistent pattern of evasiveness during his interview when asked about negative aspects of his background, and (5) his employment history in a similar occupation including being dismissed from a Boston EMS job in 2008 by the Boston

WHEREAS the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) (collectively the Parties) recognize the need for in person learning for highest need students of the Boston Public Schools; WHEREAS the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that it is safe to reopen the schools identified in this Agreement, subject to the conditions outlined below; and WHEREAS, in an effort to further the Parties stated goal of returning students

Filing a Charge of Prohibited Practice is a Protected Activity The Law permits both public employers and unions to file prohibited practice charges (See generally, M.G.L. c. 150E, 11(a); See also, Boston Public Health Commission v. AFSCME, MUPL-21-8611 (2021) (aff'd dismissal of Employers Charge of Prohibited Practice).

Within seven (7) days of receipt of the charging partys request for review, the respondent may file a response to the charging partys request. 6 Although the case has no precedential value, and is on appeal, the CERB recently upheld a dismissal in a somewhat similar case, Boston Public Health Commission, MUPL21-8611 (September 16, 2021), finding that, [i]f an employer can demonstrate that the parties consciously considered the situation that has arisen

When the Boston Public Health Commission or other City or State authority determines that the school district can reopen, BTU bargaining unit members will be expected to return to BPS buildings. Free tests are currently available to members of the community daily at 20 sites around the City of Boston; in combination over 1,500 free tests are currently available on a daily basis.

Wellss prior employers at Spaulding Rehab Hospital, Simmons College, the Department of Mental Health, and the Boston Public Health Commission. He contacted Mr. Wellss references. He allowed Mr. Wells to respond in writing to all of the allegations of substandard behavior at Simmons. 3 Detective Westhaver put his Joseph Wells G1-12-122 CS-12-493 findings into a report for Robin Hunt, the BPD HR Director. (Testimony, Westhaver; Exs. 2, 9.) 5.

Boston Public Health Commission, 39 MLC 218, 233, CAS-11-1091, CAS-11-1092 (February 18, 2013). As noted above, NAGE argues that its add-on election petitions satisfy these Standards because they include all positions of a similar nature, with a sufficient showing of interest, there is a community of interest between the petitioned-for employees and other Unit 6 employees, and there was never a reason to exclude these employees from Unit 6.

She previously held several positions at the Boston Public Health Commission, including General Counsel. She earned her Juris Doctor at Suffolk University Law School and her Certificate of Human Services Leadership and Management and Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Law at Suffolk University.

Prior to Boston College, the Appellant worked for a year at the Boston Public Health Commission Police as a campus police officer; there was no disciplinary record in the Appellants personnel file there. (Jt.Ex. 1) 10. Det. VanDyke interviewed a number of the Appellants references who knew the Appellant for at least five (5) years. Multiple references stated that the Appellant is fair, not judgmental and he knows how to diffuse situations.

As stated in Boston Public Health Commission, 38 MLC 6 (2011): In this case, the Employer claims that a past practice established pursuant to [the criteria relevant to a unilateral change] also establishes a waiver of the Unions statutory right[s]. Where statutory rights are concerned, however, it is not enough for the parties practice to occur regularly or over a period of time.