Town of Dennis, 3 MLC 1559, 1576-77 (Department analyzed procedure where firefighters were asked to submit more information on their time slips as potential de minimis alteration in working conditions). Generally, the Board will not find an unlawful change to employees' terms and conditions of employment where the action complained of is only a slight departure from what is normally required.

Ct. 926 (1992); Town of Dennis, 26 MLC 203 (2000). | do not reach the merits of this allegation because the alleged breach of the Unions duty of representation occurred in February 2012 when it declined to file a grievance, and the charge was filed on October 15, 2012, after the six-month limitation period. Therefore, | must dismiss this portion of the charge.

Ct. 926 (1992); Town of Dennis, 26 MLC 203 (2000). Lewis alleged that her difficulties with Morris and South occurred in October and November 2012, but she did not file her charge until August 2, 2013, beyond the six (6) month period of limitation. Lewis did not present evidence or otherwise establish good cause for the late filing.

Ct. 926 (1992); Town of Dennis, 26 MLC 203 (2000). The six-month period of limitations begins to run when the adversely affected party receives actual or constructive notice of the alleged violation. Town of Lenox, 29 MLC 51, 52 (2002). Here, the alleged Weingarten violation occurred in October 2012, but Lewis did not file her charge until August 2, 2013, beyond the six (6) month period of limitation.

Board of Higher Education, SUP-08-5453, 40 MLC 233(2014), citing Town of Dennis, MUP-5247, 12 MLC 1027, 1033,(June 21, 1985).

Town of Dennis, 29 MLC 79, 83 (2002); Town of Athol, 25 MLC 208, 211 (1999); Town of Clinton, 12 MLC 1361, 1365 (1985). Once the Union establishes a prima facie case, if the Employer provides lawful reasons for the alleged ~ discriminatory conduct, the Union: must then prove that but for the protected activity, the Employer would not have taken the adverse action. Trustees of Forbes Library, 384 Mass. 559, 565-566 (1981).

Ct. 926 (1992); Town of Lenox, 29 MLC 51, 52, MUP-01-3214 (Sept. 5, 2002) (citing Town of Dennis, 26 MLC 203, 205, MUP-1868 (April 21, 2000)). Officer Bacon argues that the Union first breached its duty to represent him when it coerced him into signing the Last Chance Agreement on August 15, 2015.

Labor Relations Commn, 386 Mass. 414 (1982); Town of Dennis, 29 MLC 79, 83 (2001).

In Town of Dennis & International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Case No.: MUP-5247 (June 21, 1985), the DLR ruled as follows: Turning now to the facts of the instant case, we believe that the Town's decision to discontinue providing private police details at liquor serving establishments is the kind of level of services decision that lies within the exclusive prerogative of management and, as such, is not a mandatory subject of bargaining.

Town of Dennis, 29 MLC 79 (2002). The employer's burden, to produce a legitimate, non-discriminatory motive for taking the adverse action, Commonwealth is more than simply stating an of Massachusetts, 25 MLC 44, 46 (1998). unsubstantiated allegation. The employer must also produce supporting facts indicating that the proffered reason was actually a motive in the decision. Trustees of Forbes Library, 384 Mass. at 566.