The DLR is responsible for promoting stable, productive and cooperative relationships between public employers and their represented employees by administering and enforcing the Commonwealth's collective bargaining laws.
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Contact Us
Address
Main Office
Department of Labor Relations, Lafayette City Center, 2 Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111
Springfield Office (by appointment only)
Springfield State Office Building, 436 Dwight Street, Room 206, Springfield, MA 01103
Worcester Office (by appointment only)
Mercantile Center, 100 Front Street, Suite 310, Worcester, MA 01608
Fax
(617) 626-7157
Who we serve
We serve public sector employers, employees, and unions. We carry out our objectives by:
- Investigating, mediating, adjudicating, and litigating public sector unfair labor practice cases
- Defining appropriate bargaining units and conducting elections in which public employees may choose whether and which employee organization they want to represent them in collective bargaining
- Providing mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration services to assist public employers and employee representatives in resolving labor disputes and contract negotiations
- Enforcing special collective bargaining laws related to municipal police and firefighters through the Joint Labor Management Committee
What would you like to do?
Unfair Labor Practices (Public Sector)
A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Employee Collective Bargaining Law
Joint Labor-Management Committee (JLMC)
- Representation
- Grievance Mediation
- Contract (Interest) Mediation and Fact Finding
- Arbitration
- Decisions, Statutes, Regulations, Meeting Minutes, & Forms
- Q&A Re: Janus v American Fed. of State, County, Mun. emp.
- Unfair Labor Practices (Private Sector)
- Statutes and Regulations
- A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Employee Collective Bargaining Law