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  • Dunkin' Brands Group Brews Some So-So Profits

    Christina Davis August 3, 2011

    Fresh off its July 28 Initial Public Offering, Canton-based Dunkin' Brands Group reported a $17.2 million profit during the second quarter, a slight decrease from the $17.3 mil

    Christina Davis August 3, 2011
  • Briefing: Sales Tax Holiday

    August 1, 2011

     

    August 1, 2011
  • Craftmanship Lives On At Sturbridge Leather Shop

    Amanda Roberge August 1, 2011

    Herbert Pelkey works six days a week, the same schedule he has kept since opening The Moccasin Shop in the early 1980s after a long and unusual career in the shoe factories of Aroostook County, Maine.

    Amanda Roberge August 1, 2011
  • Mobile Phone Market Grows By Double Digits

    July 29, 2011

    The worldwide mobile phone market grew 11.3 percent in the past year, according to Framingham-based International Data Corp.

    July 29, 2011
  • Golden Parachutes Outlined For BJ's Wholesale Execs

    July 22, 2011

    Westborough-based BJ's Wholesale Club will owe its executives nearly $28 million in severance and other benefits should those executives lose their positions when the company i

    July 22, 2011
  • Staples Names CIO

    July 21, 2011

    Framingham office supply giant Staples Inc. has named Christine Putur as its chief information officer.

    July 21, 2011
  • TJX Sales Above Expectations

    July 7, 2011

    June sales for The TJX Cos. Inc. of Framingham rose 8 percent to $2.1 billion this year. Consolidated comparable store sales rose 5 percent.

    July 7, 2011
  • BJ's Sales Rise 10.3 Percent

    July 7, 2011

    Year-over-year sales at BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. of Westborough rose 10

    July 7, 2011
  • BJ's Wholesale To Be Sold For $2.8B

    June 29, 2011

    Westborough-based BJ's Wholesale Club is officially going private, the company announced this morning.

    June 29, 2011
  • Wine Store To Replace Borders

    June 23, 2011

    Wines & More, a Providence-based alcohol retailer, plans to renovate the former Borders Bookstore on Route 9 in Shrewsbury and turn it into a wine store.

    June 23, 2011
  • Sale Plans Send BJ's Stock Down

    June 20, 2011

    The stock of Westborough-based BJ's Wholesale Club has fallen since two investment firms formally disclosed their intention to take the company private Friday.

    June 20, 2011
  • Independent Streak: A Sporting Chance

    June 20, 2011

     The inside of John’s Sport Shop looks about the same as it did in the late 1960s, insists Anne LeBlanc, who co-owns the business with her brother Alan LeBlanc.

    June 20, 2011
  • BJ's Wholesale Suitors Confirmed

    Brandon Butler June 17, 2011

    The two investment firms rumored to be interested in purchasing Westborough-based retailer BJ's Wholesale Club formalized their intentions in an SEC document filed on Friday.

    Brandon Butler June 17, 2011
  • Herb Chambers To Break Ground On Millbury Dealership

    Brandon Butler June 14, 2011

    Auto dealer Herb Chambers expects to break ground on a new Fiat dealership in Millbury today.

    Brandon Butler June 14, 2011
  • Officials Expected At Goodwill Re-opening

    June 10, 2011

    Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, U.S. Rep.

    June 10, 2011
  • Report: Two Firms May Buy BJ's Wholesale Club

    Brandon Butler June 8, 2011

    Two investment firms have teamed up to launch a bid to purchase Westborough's BJ's Wholesale Club, according to a report by the New York Post.

    Brandon Butler June 8, 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.