In the state of MA, can an employer take an unauthorized deduction from an employee’s paycheck?

Additional Information: Is it legal for an employer to take an unauthorized deduction from an employee’s paycheck for damage done to company property? ATTORNEY ANSWER: No, an employer may not take any deduction for such damage, even if ostensibly authorized by the employee under the employer’s policies, unless there has been a court determination that the employee is responsible to the employer for the damage

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Town will not appeal Civil Service decision for fired officer

By Jaime Rebhan | Wareham Week The Town of Wareham will not appeal the state Civil Service Commission’s decision regarding the firing of Lieutenant Donald Bliss, according to Bliss’ lawyer, Andrew Gambaccini. “I have been advised by counsel for the town that there will be no appeal of the Commission’s decision,” Gambaccini wrote in an e-mail. More than two years after he was fired from

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RJA succeeds in complex termination case heard by the Civil Service Commission

In a fierce battle waged over a prolonged period, RJA represented the Chief of Police of Methuen Massachusetts who was terminated by his appointing authority, the Mayor, after the political winds began to blow against the Chief and the Mayor seized the opportunity to score points leading up to a re-election bid.  After the Mayor fired the Chief at the local level, the matter was

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Civil Service Commission: Return Lt. Bliss to Wareham Police Dept.

By Frank Mulligan | Gatehouse News Service WAREHAM — The Civil Service Commission issued a unanimous decision Thursday to return Donald Bliss to his position as a Wareham Police lieutenant with an award of an estimated $200,000-plus in back pay and benefits lost since he was fired from the post in February 2009. His attorney, Andrew J. Gambaccini, stated in a press release, “At this

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