Sunday, April 28, 2013

CT court: Public policy compels termination of nursing home employee, arbitrator's award overturned

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A Connecticut appeals court has reversed a lower court and has set aside an award reinstating a certified nurse assistant in a nursing home ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Police discipline and public policy

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Portland, OR police officer Ron Frashour was dismissed following his involvement in a fatal shooting of an individual who turned out to be u...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

Award reinstating police officer without License to Carry weapon confirmed

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As noted in an earlier post, Arbitrator Phillip Dunn upheld the termination of a police officer after the Chief revoked his license to carry...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Eighth Circuit rejects award finding just cause but awarding remedy.

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A majority of the Eight Circuit has affirmed a District Court's decision vacating an arbitrator's award, concluding that he had foun...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

APWU prevails in contracting arbitration

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Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg has, in large part, sustained a grievance filed by APWU claiming the Postal Service misinterpreted contractual o...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

City improperly terminated Union release agreement

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A substantial reduction in the size of the police force did not constitute an emergency justifying the termination of the Local President...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Workplace Bullying

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Bullying  continues to emerge as a problem in the workplace, and has been identified as potentially the next major battleground in employmen...