A common misperception is that if an employee has access to a meaningful post-discipline appeal, the employer need not grant the employee a pre-disciplinary hearing. As the Village of Minerva Park, Ohio recently discovered in federal court litigation, the Supreme Court’s decision in Loudermill v. Cleveland Board of Education requires pre-disciplinary hearings in all cases […]
It has long been thought that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) provides protection only to employees with permanent injuries. In a significant private sector case, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upended that paradigm, and found that the ADA could apply also to temporary impairments. The case involved Carl Summers, a senior analyst […]
WASHINGTON, DC – About 20 D.C. police officers who are already older than 64 or who will turn 64 this year have received notice they must retire or they could possibly be fired, WNEW has confirmed. Fraternal Order of Police lawyers are investigating whether officers can be forced into retirement in this manner. FOP chairman-elect […]
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD – Montgomery County officials violated Maryland election law by using public funds and employees on county time to campaign in support of the 2012 ballot proposition that eliminated certain collective bargaining rights for police, a state circuit court judge has ruled. But the court declined to hold the key officials in the […]
Governor Christie vetoed a bill that would have loosened limits on how much local police and firefighters can be given in annual raises Thursday, setting up a yet to be scheduled final vote in the Assembly. In 2010, a 2 percent limit on tax levy increases was passed. Beginning in 2011, local police and fire […]
PITTSBURGH, PA – The union representing Pittsburgh police officers on Thursday appealed an Allegheny County judge’s decision that the city does not have to pay on-duty police officers the same rate as off-duty officers when working side-by-side at special events. Common Pleas Judge Robert Colville on March 11 reversed arbitrator Philip W. Parkinson decision siding […]
MIAMI, FL – A handful of Miami police officers staged another protest Thursday morning, wearing white shirts with black text that read “Restore Our Benefits” on the front and “Low Pay, Low Morale” on the back. They marched from Peacock Park in Coconut Grove to Miami City Hall. Police union representatives from other districts were […]
