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Manufacturing

  • Acquisition For Southbridge Firm

    January 9, 2012

    Southbridge-based fiber optic component maker INCOM Inc. has acquired Paradigm Optics of Vancouver, Wash.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    January 9, 2012
  • Biotech Firm Looks To Expand In Franklin

    Brandon Butler January 3, 2012

     

    Brandon Butler January 3, 2012
  • TechPrecision Adjusting Westminster Operations

    December 29, 2011

    Pennsylvania-based machinery maker TechPrecision Corp. is working to diversify its operations at its Ranor, Inc.

    December 29, 2011
  • ThermoEnergy Completes Worcester HQ Expansion

    December 28, 2011

    ThermoEnergy Corp., which earlier this year consolidated its headquarters from Arkansas into its Worcester location, has completed an expansion of its new headquarters, the company

    December 28, 2011
  • Film Extrusion Supplier Sells Natick Building

    December 28, 2011

    Japanese company Hosokawa Micron International sold its 5-7 Michigan Drive facility in Natick for $1.2 million to Natick businessman Warren Cross Jr., according to R.W.

    December 28, 2011
  • Raytheon Nets Surveillance Contract

    December 23, 2011

    Raytheon Co., which has operations in Marlborough, has been awarded a U.S.

    December 23, 2011
  • Tax Breaks For Two Central Mass. Firms

    December 22, 2011

    The state has awarded tax breaks to IPG Photonics Corp. in Oxford and Classic Envelope in Douglas as part of a $6.7 million package of tax incentives fo

    December 22, 2011
  • 38 Central Mass. Companies Net $2.9M For Training

    December 13, 2011

    Companies in 21 Central Massachusetts communities will receive $2.9 million from a state fund that provides employee training money, according to Gov. Deval Patrick's office.

    December 13, 2011
  • EMC Breaks Ground On Brazil Research Facility

    December 9, 2011

    Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. has started construction on a data research center in Brazil, which will be its most significant R&D operation in Latin American to date, Gov.

    December 9, 2011
  • SeaChange Swings To Profit In Q3

    December 9, 2011

    Acton-based video software maker SeaChange International Inc. reported a $408,000 profit on $53.3 million in revenues for the quarter ending Oct. 31.

    December 9, 2011
  • U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows In October

    December 9, 2011

    The nation's trade balance - the difference between total exports and imports - shrank to a deficit of $43.5 billion in October, down from $44.2 billion a month ago, according to the

    December 9, 2011
  • Dry Ice Cleaner Finds Worcester Home

    December 2, 2011

    An Ohio-based company that makes dry ice cleaning and blasting systems has opened a sales and services location on Chilimark Street in Worcester.

    December 2, 2011
  • External Disk Storage Systems Post Double-Digit Growth

    December 2, 2011

    For the sixth consecutive quarter, worldwide external disk storage systems manufacturers posted double-digit revenue growth, according to Framingham-based IDC.

    December 2, 2011
  • BSX Gets Three Devices Approved

    Brandon Butler November 30, 2011

    Boston Scientific, the Natick-based medical device giant, has received approval from the U.S.

    Brandon Butler November 30, 2011
  • State Launches Manufacturing Study Group In Clinton

    Brandon Butler November 29, 2011

    State Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki joined dozens of manufacturing executives and public officials in Clinton this morning to launch a new group that aims to increase the viability of the advanced manufacturing sec

    Brandon Butler November 29, 2011
  • Furniture Maker Makes Home In Shirley

    November 28, 2011

    Lake and Mountain Home, a seller of furniture made from reclaimed wood, has moved from Harvard to the Phoenix Park Business Center in Shirley.

    November 28, 2011

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Should Massachusetts implement more private employee whistleblower protections?
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Massachusetts whistleblower laws predominantly safeguard public employees from retaliation when they report violations, abuse, or risks to public health and safety. However, private employees have far more restrictions in regards to their state-provided whistleblower protections, but there are still ways they file retaliation complaints, including federally through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Act.

In January, the state agency Cannabis Control Commission suspended a whistleblower featured in a WBJ investigation. Without providing reasoning, the CCC put Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube subsequently resigned from her role.

In May, Carla LeBlanc, a nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital was fired for her appearance on a local podcast in which she spoke out about long-documented concerns regarding working conditions and interpersonal dynamics at the Worcester facility. She then filed a lawsuit against the hospital and its operator under the Massachusetts Healthcare Whistleblower Protection Act, which offers protections to private healthcare workers.