Where the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Committee implemented criteria for determining eligibility for temporary remote work, the employer did not violate G.L.c. 150E by not giving the Northeast Teachers Association prior notice and an opportunity to bargain to resolution or impasse over the impacts of its decision.
“The issues in this case are whether the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Committee (Committee) violated Section 10(a)(5) and, derivatively, Section 10(a)(1) of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 150E (the Law) by: I) implementing criteria for determining eligibility for temporary remote work without giving the Northeast Teachers Association (Union) prior notice and an opportunity to bargain to resolution or impasse over the impacts of its decision to determine eligibility for temporary remote work on employees’ safety and workload; and II) failing to respond to a March 25, 2021 information request. Based on the record, and for the reasons explained below, I find on Count I that the Committee did not violate the Law; but I find on Count II that the Committee violated the Law as alleged. …
“The issues in this case are whether the Committee violated Section 10(a)(5) and, derivatively, Section 10(a)(1) of the Law by: I) implementing criteria for determining eligibility for temporary remote work without giving the Union prior notice and an opportunity to bargain to resolution or impasse over the impacts of its decision to...
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