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BOSTON — In the first four hours of an oversight hearing Tuesday into a report from the Office of the Child Advocate on the death of a Fall River teenager with autism, lawmakers and Baker administration officials honed in on a lack of understanding within the Department of Children and Families of the unique needs of disabled children, communication breakdowns, and implementing reforms within the department. David Almond, a 14-year-old, was found on Oct. 21 emaciated, bruised, and unresponsive at his father's home in Fall River. Almond, one of three triplet boys, was under the watch of ch...

Labor board withdraws rule to quash graduate students’ right to organize as employees By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Washington Post,Updated March 12, 2021, 6:13 p.m. Email to a Friend Angela Wheeler, a graduate student in architecture, wore a pro-union button at a meeting of the Harvard Graduate Students Union in Cambridge, Mass. on Sept. 16, 2019.KAYANA SZYMCZAK/NYT The National Labor Relations Board said Friday it will withdraw a proposed rule to deny teaching and research assistants at private universities the legal protection to form unions, upholding a 2016 decision that cleared the w...

The National Labor Relations Board dropped plans to deny teaching and research assistants at private universities legal protection to form unions, upholding a 2016 decision that cleared the way for collective bargaining at some of the nation’s elite schools.

Relief bill coming together to aid workers, businesses By Katie Lannan State House News Service Top legislative Democrats on Monday sketched out the broad outlines of legislation they said they'd pass quickly, perhaps this week, to provide relief to workers and businesses still facing the economic strains of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Karen Spilka, House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Ways and Means Committee Chairs Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and Sen. Michael Rodrigues said the bill they'd agreed upon includes measures around paid leave, exemption from taxes for forgiven Paycheck Protecti...

Tax breaks coming to Massachusetts businesses that received PPP loans after Beacon Hill leaders reach deal MassLive.com 3/9/2021 © Steph Solis | ssolis@masslive.com/masslive.com/TNS Massachusetts State House Legislative leaders have reached a deal on a bill that will free the unemployment insurance tax rate and extend tax relief on forgiven loans to small businesses in efforts to help Massachusetts businesses and their employees work through the COVID-19 pandemic. Popular Searches House and Senate leaders said in a statement Monday they agreed to freeze the unemployment insurance tax rat...