Off-Duty Employment – Labor Relations Information System

Tampa Bay Bucs Not Deputy’s Employer

Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison May 13, 2022

In September 2015 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played the New Orleans Saints in the New Orleans Superdome. The Buccaneers contracted with the New Orleans Police Department to provide motorcycle escorts by off-duty law enforcement officers for the team’s buses traveling in the New Orleans area. Deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) eventually served…

Officer Not Entitled To Defense In Suit Arising From Off-Duty Job

Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison September 11, 2021

Eric Reetz is a police officer with the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Reetz also worked part time as a private security guard at the Dorothy Day Center – a homeless shelter in Saint Paul – that is operated by Catholic Charities. Under Reetz’s agreement with Catholic Charities, he was described as an independent contractor…

Denial of Outside Employment Not ‘Adverse Action’ For Discrimination Purposes

Adverse Employment Action, Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison October 28, 2019

Phyllis Sloan is a firefighter for the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department. Sloan contends that she is physically disabled as a result of chronic lateral epicondylitis in her right elbow, plantar fasciitis and acute bronchial spasms. Sloan filed a charge with the EEOC complaining of discrimination based on her sex and physical disabilities in 2015.…

County Liable For Judgment Stemming From Officer’s Off-Duty Work

Civil Lawsuits, Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison November 29, 2016

The University of Maryland at College Park chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity hired Prince George’s County Police Officer Dominique Richardson to provide security for a Halloween party to be held at an off-campus warehouse. Richardson recruited several other officers to help provide security at the event. Although Richardson drove his personal vehicle to…

Court Upholds Arbitrator’s Decision Allowing Officer To Work In Bar

Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison December 15, 2015

The Township of Wilkins, Pennsylvania is party to a collective bargaining agreement with the Wage Policy Committee of the Wilkins Police Department for collective bargaining purposes. A clause in the collective bargaining agreement deals with the ability of officers to engage in off-duty work. Officer Jon Sherman is a member of the Committee’s bargaining unit.…

Tampa Bay Bucs Not Deputy’s Employer

Officer Not Entitled To Defense In Suit Arising From Off-Duty Job

Denial of Outside Employment Not ‘Adverse Action’ For Discrimination Purposes

County Liable For Judgment Stemming From Officer’s Off-Duty Work

Court Upholds Arbitrator’s Decision Allowing Officer To Work In Bar

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