[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 […]

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: The looming crisis in police recruitment Illinois post-retirement health insurance constitutionally protected – Kanerva v. Weems, […]

Included in this month’s podcast: A roundup of recent labor contract signings Federal appeals court upholds verdict against fire union In absence of binding promise, no protection for post-retirement insurance Kansas court limits ability to appeal discipline to civil service boards LAPD officer wins FLSA retaliation lawsuit No remedy for violation of IA non-disclosure law […]

In this month’s First Thursday podcast, Will discusses the impact of three major Supreme Court decisions dealing with ‘Fair Share’, cell phone searches and Garcetti. Download the podcast (Use this link to listen on Apple devices) Subscribe to this podcast via RSS or iTunes Subscribe to this podcast by email

In what some have termed the most significant labor case in years, the United States Supreme Court has rejected a request to hold “fair share” assessments unconstitutional. “Fair share” assessments occur under the laws of 20 states which not only grant public employees the right to bargain, but also impose upon unions the duty to […]

Featured in this month’s podcast: Preview of the Supreme Court’s decision on Fair Share case, Harris v. Quinn California PERB holds factfinding applies to mid-term bargaining How the ADA and FMLA interact in the fitness-for-duty process Discussions at union e-board meeting privileged Union has right to conduct parallel disciplinary investigation Court upholds arbitrator’s opinion in […]

Featured in this month’s podcast: Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s ban on race and gender preferences in employment, education Retired police firefighters reach deal with Detroit Two important California PERB decisions Privacy for personal email and cell phone records of public officials Yet another Brady case (Yay!) Download the podcast (Use this link to listen on […]