First Thursday, September 2015

Topics discussed in this month’s podcast include:

  • Review of the Department of Labor’s rule changes concerning who is exempt from overtime under the FLSA
  • A Cleveland firefighter was ordered to pay $2,500 for personal calls on city phone
  • San Jose mayor changes position on police officers paying training costs
  • Daily log is not a “personnel file” for purposes of firefighter bill of rights, Poole v. Orange County Fire Authority, 2015 WL 4998965 (Cal. 2015)
  • Texas Disciplinary Procedures Even Apply To At-Will Employees, Staff v. Colorado County, Texas, 2015 WL 4930546 (Tex. App. 2015)
  • Firefighter Staffing: What’s Negotiable? City of Allentown, 2015 WL 4680890 (Penn. Cmwlth 2015)