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Category: Off-Duty Employment

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

October 28, 2019
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| Categories: Adverse Employment Action, Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor News

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. In January and July 2017, Sloan requested approval for outside employment. Both times the…

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

November 29, 2016
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| Categories: Civil Lawsuits, Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor News

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 the Halloween party, other officers arrived in police cruisers. Richardson wore his gun belt…

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

December 15, 2015
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| Categories: Off-Duty Employment, Public Safety Labor News

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. Sherman was approached by Brewstone’s, a bar/restaurant, to work as a secondary checker of…

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