Law Enforcement Legal Information for POAM Members: Page 2

Extended Legal Representation Program

March 18, 2010

Download the Extended Legal Representation Contract or enroll in POAM Extended Legal Representation Plan.

Legal Union Representation – Your Weingarten Rights!Past

November 24, 2009

By: Frank A. Guido, POAM General Counsel The right to union representation in an employer conducted meeting or interview was established in the landmark decision in NLRB v J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 US ...

POAM Victory Leads to Important Change in Bargaining RightsPast

October 30, 2009

By Frank Guido, General Counsel When a change in the law occurs, there is reason to take notice. When that change is coupled with bringing into POAM membership a new unit of employees, there is even g...

Extended Legal Plan ContractPast

November 5, 2008

   

Retroactivity of GrievancesPast

October 24, 2008

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...

Garrity Right: Protection and Prohibition Triggered by CompulsionPast

October 24, 2008

By FRANK A. GUIDO POAM General Counsel A recent article, Take the Garrity Quiz, Do You Know Your Rights?, which appeared in the Winter 2004-2005 edition of The Peace Officer, a publication of the Frat...

Printable Garrity FormPast

October 24, 2008

  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...