Legal Opinions and Advice

Overtime Right Remains Protected

On January 6, 2010, POAM and its affiliate the Highland Park Police Officers Association filed a grievance to uphold contract language requiring shifts to be led by a shift supervisor. ...

Criminal Investigation Conducted by Employer Triggers Weingarten Rights

POAM represents communication dispatchers within the Dearborn Police Department. In 2007, one of the members began a publicly accessible, on-line weblog, popularly referred to as a “blog.” The blog did ...

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An Overview of Workman’s Compensation in Michigan

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Unfair Labor Practices: Union Activites Protected by POAM Charge

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor

For a number of years, the City of Saginaw has allowed its employees to use its e-mail system to send correspondences that are not directly ...

Decision Re-Affirms PERA as Dominant Law

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor

In September 2008, negotiators for the City of Belleville and POAM on behalf of the Belleville Police Officers Association reached a tentative agreement on a ...

How Does Governmental Immunity Apply to the Acts of Police Officers?

By Arthur A. Borella

As a police officer, it is a good idea to know when you may be vulnerable to a civil lawsuit based on personal injuries caused by ...

Discipline Stemming From Ticket Quota Overturned

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor

In July 2008, Ypsilanti Police Chief Matthew Harshberger issued an order mandating that all police officers appear in Court on all traffic citations as part ...