First Thursday

[jwplayer player=”1″ mediaid=”9272″] Covered in this month’s podcast: The implications of a very important shift work study Are personal Cell phone records public documents Social media policy and discipline Wall Street Journal Article on using arbitration in police discipline Boston PD hair tests ruled invalid, Read decision Florida Court finds that mediation should...

Each month, Will Aitchison discusses recent news stories, legal decisions and economic developments that impact public safety employees and employers, union and management representatives, and attorneys involved with public safety labor and employment law. Featured in this month’s podcast: A review of contract negotiations with the nation’s three largest cities – New York, Los Ang...

Each month, Will Aitchison discusses recent news stories, legal decisions and economic developments that impact public safety employees and employers, union and management representatives, and attorneys involved with public safety labor and employment law. In this month’s podcast, Will covers a federal bankruptcy judge ruling that upends the widely held belief that public workers’ pensions [...

Each month, Will Aitchison discusses recent news stories, legal decisions and economic developments that impact public safety employees and employers, union and management representatives, and attorneys involved with public safety labor and employment law. Featured in this month’s podcast: The looming crisis in police recruitment Illinois post-retirement health insurance constitutionally pro...

Included in this month’s podcast: A roundup of recent labor contract signings Federal appeals court upholds verdict against fire union In absence of binding promise, no protection for post-retirement insurance Kansas court limits ability to appeal discipline to civil service boards LAPD officer wins FLSA retaliation lawsuit No remedy for violation of IA non-disclosure law […]

In this month’s First Thursday podcast, Will discusses the impact of three major Supreme Court decisions dealing with ‘Fair Share’, cell phone searches and Garcetti. Download the podcast (Use this link to listen on Apple devices) Subscribe to this podcast via RSS or iTunes Subscribe to this podcast by email

In what some have termed the most significant labor case in years, the United States Supreme Court has rejected a request to hold “fair share” assessments unconstitutional. “Fair share” assessments occur under the laws of 20 states which not only grant public employees the right to bargain, but also impose upon unions the duty to […]

Featured in this month’s podcast: Preview of the Supreme Court’s decision on Fair Share case, Harris v. Quinn California PERB holds factfinding applies to mid-term bargaining How the ADA and FMLA interact in the fitness-for-duty process Discussions at union e-board meeting privileged Union has right to conduct parallel disciplinary investigation Court upholds arbitrator’s opinion in […...

Featured in this month’s podcast: Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s ban on race and gender preferences in employment, education Retired police firefighters reach deal with Detroit Two important California PERB decisions Privacy for personal email and cell phone records of public officials Yet another Brady case (Yay!) Download the podcast (Use this link to listen on […]

Featured in this month’s podcast: Does state’s flex time system violate the FLSA? Is county required to pay corrections officers overtime for meal periods? LAFD dispatchers, aeromedical technicians not firefighters for FLSA purposes Supreme Court to rule on Amazon workers FLSA Can employer force employee to use FMLA leave at the same time employee is […]

Featured in this month’s podcast: Required retirement contributions do not violate ‘Contracts Clause’ Will answers an FLSA question submitted on our website Officer can be disciplined for working without permission Officer’s injury during paid lunch not compensable under workers’ comp Court rules that seeing suspect killed is ‘normal’ for police Due process requires p...

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Featured in this month’s podcast: New DOL guidelines for the FMLA Scott v. Williams lawsuit out of Florida Drastic pension benefit cuts for one California city Last chance agreement violates law unless union is a party Chicago PD Blackberry case picks up steam Arbitrator’s sick leave decision violates FMLA, is overturned Decisions on what topics […]

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