City of Newton’s Involuntary Transfer of Police Sergeant Deemed Adverse Employment Action by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in City of Newton v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board reversed the Massachusetts Appeals Court’s decision and affirmed the Commonwealth’s Employment Relations Board (CERB) decision when it held that substantial evidence supported the finding that the City of Newton’s transfer of a police sergeant from his day shift in the traffic bureau […]