Legal Opinion
Secretary of Administration & Finance v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 2001PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The Secretary of Administration and Finance (Secretary) appeals from two decisions of the Labor Relations Commission (commission) (1) ordering the Secretary to pay *341interest on back pay damages at an annual rate of twelve per cent, pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 6B,1 2rather than the “floating” rate, pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 6I2; and (2) specifying that the interest on the awarded amount shall be compounded quarterly. Because imposition of the twelve per cent rate contravenes the existing statutory scheme, the commission’s interest computation constitutes an abuse of discretion. We hold that…
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