Cases discussed in this month’s podcast include: The negotiability of workplace cameras, IAFF, Local 3315 v. Snohomish Fire District 3, 2015 WL 1013220 (Wash. PERC 2015) Arbitrator’s reinstatement of officer in excess force case does not violate public policy, City of Bloomington v. Policemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, 2015 IL App (4th) 140192-U (Ill. App. […]

This month’s podcast features an overview of the anti-public safety collective bargaining legislation making its way in various state houses across the country and an important new genetic information discrimination case involving a firefighter. Cases discussed: Firefighter Wins Age Discrimination, GINA Claims, Lee v. City of Moraine Fire Department, 2015 WL 914440 (S.D. Ohio 2015) […]

Will interviews Minnesota management-side labor attorney Greg Wiley on a most unusual case from the Minnesota Supreme Court. The court unanimously decided that a portion of Minnesota’s public records law allows employees the right to a hearing to challenge some aspects of performance evaluations. The case involved Todd Schwanke, an employee of the Steele County […]

Will Interviews management-side attorney Tim Yeung of the law firm Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai on a recent decision from the California Public Employment Relations Board to prohibit blanket confidentiality clauses during investigations. Tim writes California PERB Blog, which is an invaluable resource resource that we highly recommend you check out.

Will interviews attorney Jeffrey Edwards and IAFF Local 522 representative Steve Loza about a case involving whether the wearing of union logos in the workplace is a protected union right.

Will interviews Dr. Philip Tucker of Swansea University in Wales about an important study on the cognitive effects of shift work.

[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 be open […]

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 Angeles […]

Are public safety agencies prepared for communicable disease epidemics? What sorts of questions should public safety agencies be asking about their policies? Will Aitchison discusses these issues in our latest podcast. Download the podcast (Use this link to listen on Apple devices) Subscribe to this podcast via RSS or iTunes Subscribe to this podcast by […]

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 […]