Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-767-R1

Redraft OTH 767

Just Cause

Messrs. Collins, Mark, Lewis, Keenan, Brady, Driscoll, Eldridge, Gomez, Moore and Oliveira, Ms. Edwards and Ms. Howard moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 36 the following section:-

“SECTION 36A. Subsection (c) of section 7 of chapter 372 of the Acts of 1984 is hereby amended by striking out the words “provided that any collective bargaining agreement may protect employees against such actions on arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable grounds,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “for just cause.”