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Dearborn Re-Institutes Defined Benefit Pension Plan

April 2, 2009

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor After nearly two years of tough negotiations with the previous contract and administration and an ensuing Act 312 petition filed by the City of Dearborn against the Police Of...

Employer Required to Disclose Pre-Disciplinary Interviews and Identity of WitnessesPast

April 1, 2009

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In October 2004, Local 2898 of the International Association of Fire Fighters, which represents rank-and-file employees of the Seattle Fire Department filed a grievance on behalf of a bargaining unit ...

Bereavement Leave Not Limited to Day of FuneralPast

April 1, 2009

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A firefighter for the City of Medford, Massachusetts Fire Department was scheduled to work a 24-hour shift on a Tuesday. The firefighter applied to take a day of bereavement leave after the death of h...

Internal Memoranda on Discipline Not Subject to DisclosurePast

March 1, 2009

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Florida’s equivalent of the Freedom of Information Act, known as the “Sunshine Law,” is one of the most expansive in the nation. With very few exceptions, the Sunshine Law requires that all gove...

A Roundup of Free Speech CasesPast

March 1, 2009

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Reverberations from the Supreme Court’s decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006) continue to be felt in the area of the free speech rights of public employees. A series of recent cases ...

The Seven Tests of Just CausePast

February 26, 2009

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Extended Legal Plan ContractPast

November 5, 2008

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Printable Garrity FormPast

October 24, 2008

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WHAT ARE GARRITY RIGHTS? Garrity Rights originate from a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Garrity v. New Jersey. These rights protect public employees from being compelled to incriminate the...

Retroactivity of GrievancesPast

October 24, 2008

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor On February 14, 2007, Ottawa County Circuit Judge Edward R. Post issued an opinion and order affirming a previous Act 312 arbitration panel award. Act 312 provides for compul...

The Legislative Director’s Chair Part 1Past

October 24, 2008

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by Kenneth E. Grabowski State Representative Richard LeBlanc (D-Westland), upon the request of POAM, has introduced H.B. 5796. This Bill will protect a union agent who has a representative relationshi...

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