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5 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 2002–2026 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Local 346, International Brotherhood of Police Officers v. Labor Relations Commissiongreen2 sentences2023See Local 346, Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 391 Mass. 429, 437 (1984) ("in instances where a negotiation requirement would unduly impinge on a public employer's freedom to perform its public 14 functions, G. 2020L. c. 150E, § 6, does not mandate bargaining over a decision directly affecting the employment relationship.' Local 346, Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 391 Mass. 429, 437 (1984). | 3 | 3 |
City of Worcester v. Labor Relations Commissiongreen2 sentences2026G.L. c. 150E, § 6, does not mandate bargaining over a decision directly affecting the·employment relationship." Dracut. 97 Mass. App. Ct at 378-79, quoting Worcester, 438 Mass. at 180 . 2026See Worcester v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 438 Mass. 177, 181 (2002).[7] "[F]rom th[e] expansively defined category of mandatory bargaining subjects, [our courts] have exempted certain types of managerial decisions that must, as a matter of policy, be reserved to the public employer's discretion. [I]n instances where a negotiation requirement would unduly impinge on a public employer's freedom to perform its public functions. | 1 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.