School Committee v. Marshfield Teachers Ass'n

Judith Girard, a teacher employed by the School Committee of Marshfield (committee), sustained an injury in the course of her employment and was temporarily disabled. The committee refused to pay her “full salary . . . less the amount of any workmen’s compensation award” pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement then in effect between the committee and the Marshfield Teachers Association (association) . The association invoked the arbitration provision of the collective bargaining agreement on behalf of Girard and other aggrieved professional employees. The arbitrator upheld the grievance…