{"id":4703,"date":"2026-07-10T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4703"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:05:19","slug":"no-boundaries-and-no-recourse-for-bostons-city-council-staff-their-jobs-carry-few-protections-or-guarantees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4703","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No boundaries and no recourse.\u2019 For Boston\u2019s City Council staff, their jobs carry few protections or guarantees."},"content":{"rendered":"
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F<\/span><\/span>or most employees of the city of Boston, the vast majority of whom are unionized,sick time, vacation days, and set salary ranges for their positions are a given.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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But for the dozens of employees who work for Boston city councilors,almostnone of those basic employment conditionsapply. <\/span><\/p>\n

First, they are all technically considered temporary workers; both their employment and biweekly pay must be publicly reauthorized by the council roughly every three months.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 13 councilors are not required to provide even aminimum amount of paid time off, despite staff working long hours, often into the evenings and on weekends. Staff also are not eligible for overtime, nor are there councilwide policies for tracking their hours. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are no salary minimums or set pay ranges for council staff. So even compensation \u2014 as well as job expectations or responsibilities \u2014 can vary widely for people with the same title, or doing similar jobs for different councilors.<\/span><\/p>\n

That leaves nearly every aspect of each staffer\u2019s job to be dictated by the personal preferences and priorities of the individual councilor, which current and former council staffers say can lead to deep disparities, open staff to mistreatment, and, in rare cases, create an environment for criminal wrongdoing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no boundaries and no recourse,\u201d said one current council staffer, who spoke to the Globe on the condition of anonymitybecause they weren\u2019t authorized to speak publicly and feared retaliation. \u201cOne wrong move can cost you your job, and it\u2019s a lot of pressure that your future just lies in the hands of one person \u2014 your salary, bonuses, everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Councilors still must comply with state and federal civil rights and discrimination laws, as well as state ethics rules.The council also has its own anti-bullying and harassment policies, and prohibits non-disclosure agreements as a condition of employment, though it\u2019s unclear how those policies are enforced. And council staff do receive the same health insurance and retirement benefits as other city employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, there are few other official guardrails for the more than 70 staff who work directly for the councilors. There are no standard job descriptions or requirements for those staff positions, leaving councilors largely unfettered to hire whomever, whenever, and for however long they like. <\/span><\/p>\n

And that system doesn\u2019t exist in some other comparably sized cities, the Globe found.<\/span><\/p>\n

Former city councilor Josh Zakim, who served six years on the council, said it\u2019s important elected councilors have the freedom to \u201chire and fire the people that are closest to them and help do the job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s 13 individuals with 13 different constituencies and goals,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think a perfect system exists.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks toBoston\u2019s notoriously archaic city code, all councilors\u2019 direct employees, whether chief of staff or summer intern, are classified as either administrative assistants or secretaries. Each must have their appointment reapproved by the council regularly, and even their salaries, pay raises, or decreases must be voted on as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Amanda Curley, who serves as Councilor John FitzGerald\u2019s chief of staff, has worked in the office for more than 10 years and been reappointed more than 60 times, according to a Globe review of council meeting records.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is they\u2019re temporary employees because I\u2019m a temporary employee as well,\u201d City Council President Liz Breadon said. \u201cEvery councilor could be out of a job at the next election.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast, the council\u2019s so-calledcentral staff \u2014 nonpolitical employees who fill administrative positions such as office manager or legalcounsel \u2014 havespecific titles and salary ranges set by ordinance, which the council can vote to update. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The composition of each councilor\u2019s office can vary widely from another, though nearly all get the same $395,000 a year for staff. (The council president gets slightly more, at nearly $456,000).<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, FitzGerald has four full-time staff members, with the highest-paid makinga base salary of $100,000, he said. At-Large Councilor Julia Mejia, on the other hand, told the Globe she employs 13 people, more than half of whom are part time, and whose salaries range from $2,000 to $70,000. Mejia said she aims to hire or give \u201cproject-based\u201d work opportunities to people with \u201cnontraditional\u201d backgrounds, such as those without college degrees or English language learners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, whenCouncilor RuthzeeLouijeune was council president and had a larger budget, her chief of staff, Emily Polstontook home nearly $140,000\u2014 the most of any council staffer in 2025 and even more than her boss\u2019s $120,000 salary, according to the city\u2019s payroll database.<\/span><\/p>\n

The council also does not keep an up-to-date staff directory online, making it difficult to determine which employees work for whom, let alone track turnover. Six councilors \u2014 Louijeune, Henry Santana, Brian Worrell, Enrique Pep\u00e9n, Miniard Culpepper, and Sharon Durkan \u2014 didn\u2019t respond to multiple requests for their current staffers, their titles, and their annual base salaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach councilor is pretty much their own little kind of fiefdom,\u201d said Shyam Gopaladesikan, who previously worked as Durkan\u2019s policy director. \u201cIt\u2019s like the NFL. … Every team gets a hard cap, and then you can distribute it how you see fit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Councilors can also change the salaries of their staffers at any time, or pad them with bonuses,which several say they do to reward hard work. That system, however, comes with fewrestrictions and has been abused in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

Former city councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was sentenced to one month in federal prison after she was convicted of paying a relative she employed on her staff a $13,000 bonus, with the expectation she\u2019d get $7,000 of it as a kickback.Anderson had also earlier hired her sister and son to her staff, violating ethics rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Globe spoke with 14 current and former council staffers, all of whom said they expected to work long hours. But some, including Ryusei Iizuka Rivas, said they ultimately quit because they were rarely given comp time for working far more than 40 hours a week and were not paid a livable wage despite being required to live in Boston. Iizuka Rivas made $34,000 as a communications and community relations coordinator for then-Councilor Kim Janey.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThose of us who . . . aspired to be staffers didn\u2019t join the workforce thinking we were going to have the best work-life balance,\u201d Iizuka Rivas said. \u201cThat said, none of us are looking to be in completely thankless roles where we feel our labor is being exploited.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Former city councilor Annissa Essaibi George acknowledged the council often employs many younger staffers, but said that\u2019s partly because it can be a good jumping off point for a career in government or politics. <\/span><\/p>\n

That said, many councilors don\u2019t have management or HR experience, and \u201cthere\u2019s no rules and no oversight,\u201d she said. \u201cSo you can see the potential for this to create a lot of conflictand a lot of abuse in council offices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Some councilors told the Globe they prefer to handle time-off requests from their staff on a case-by-case basis. Others, including Councilors Ben Weber and Gabriela Coletta Zapata, said they created employee handbooks with explicit time-off, leave, and other policies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weber, a labor attorney who\u2019s represented workers,, argued there should be some uniform standards across council offices to ensure staffers are treated and paid fairly, regardless of who they\u2019re working for. His employee handbook includes specific salary bands for different titles and levels of experience. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime you have rules like that in place, making the workplace more transparent is better for workers,\u201dWeber said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonnie Delaune, Weber\u2019s chief of staff, said there was no formal process when she needed to take maternity leave this year. Massachusetts has state laws requiring paid family leave and sick time, but municipalities are exempt. And while the city of Boston has adopted its own sick and family leave policies, neither apply to council staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just on your own,\u201d Delaune said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weber gave her three months of fully paid leave, and made room in his office budget to hire an additional staffer to cover her responsibilities in the interim, Weber and Delaune told the Globe. <\/span><\/p>\n

But leaving such decisions up to each councilor\u2019s discretion can create a wide disparity in staffers\u2019 experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n

The city in April last yearpaid a nearly $130,000 settlement to Mejia\u2019s former chief of staff,Luz Perez de Rodriguez, after shefiled a gender discrimination complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, according to documents the Globe obtained through several records requests. She charged Mejia fired her because the councilor \u201cwanted to hire only entry-level positions with employees that were either very young or very old (i.e., individuals that would not become pregnant or be starting a family).\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Perez de Rodriguez did not respond to requests for comment, and her attorney declined to comment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mejia, who is a single mother, disputed she fired Perez de Rodriguez because of her gender or whether she planned to have a family. Mejia insisted she decided to eliminate the chief of staff role in her office because she wanted to restructure her team. The settlement itself did not constitute an admission of fault or liability by the city, according to the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike all leadership, we all have areas for growth, but I remain proud of my record and focused on serving Boston with integrity and accountability,\u201d Mejia said in a statement. <\/span><\/p>\n

The system is different elsewhere. In Denver, for example \u2014 a city of more than 700,000 residents \u2014 each of its 13 city councilors get about $500,000 to run their offices but are limited to four staffers each, said Robert Austin, a spokesperson for the Denver City Council. <\/span><\/p>\n

Job descriptions, qualifications, and are determined by the city\u2019s job classification and compensation schedule, Austin said. Andcouncil staff are guaranteed the same benefits \u2014 such as sick time, vacation time, and family leave \u2014 as other city and county employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

San Francisco, with an 11-member board of supervisors, also allows up to four legislative assistants each, which all come with publicly available job descriptions and salary ranges set by the San Francisco Department of Human Resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the Massachusetts State House, there is also more structure for staff. In the state Senate, for example, leaders revamped the chamber\u2019s pay structure in 2018, requiring the Senate president\u2019s office to approve each hire and raise, rather than giving each senator a pot of money for staff salaries and other costs. And in recent years, the upper chamber has also raised staff salary floors, increased pay ranges, and redefined positions to better align with the private sector. It also added benefits including funding for professional development and re-evaluation of salaries for staff who earn master\u2019s degrees. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Massachusetts House of Representatives, meanwhile, has an internal employee handbook that outlines standards for all staff that was obtained by the Globe. It includes salary ranges for specific positions, paid time-off and other leave, and other policies ranging from attendance and timesheet reporting to disciplinary procedures. <\/span><\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean workers there are satisfied, either.Since 2022, legislative staff on Beacon Hill have led a unionization push,though state Senate and House leadership have resisted changing state law that excludes legislative staff from the list of public employees who can collectively bargain.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least four former Boston City Council staffers told the Globe they spoke with their colleagues at different points about trying to unionize to secure protections \u2014 such as minimums for guaranteed sick time and vacation days, and salary floors or pay tiers \u2014 but that effort never gained momentum. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey should be allowed to unionize,\u201d said Lee Nave Jr., who said he got involved in a short-lived push to do so during his two stints as a council staffer.\u201cThat would actually probably be what leads to [better working conditions], and all the councilors should support that effort.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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