Sunday, January 29, 2017

Police officers, Brady/Giglio, dishonesty, exoneration and just cause

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A recent award by Arbitrator Micheal Falvo addresses all of these topics. Arbitrator Falvo sustained a grievance filed on behalf of a Cham...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

Management rights clause doesn't supersede ADA - Court confirms arbitrator's award

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A Solo Cup facility decided to end its lease of sit down fork lifts and instead to purchase several for its use. After a review of various ...
Sunday, November 6, 2016

Law enforcement officers pointing weapons at co-workers - two terminations upheld

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Two recent arbitration awards address discipline imposed on law enforcement employees alleged to have pointed loaded weapons at other employ...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Social media, adverse publicity and just cause

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The Clark County, Ohio Sheriff's office is responsible for County wide law enforcement and operates the county jail. The jail shares a ...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Arbitrator's duty to disclose and evident partiality

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The City of Mason, Ohio and the Mason Professional Firefighters Union were parties to a dispute about the termination of a bargaining unit e...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

"Union member-union" privilege, grievance time limits - two recent cases

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Mass. SJC rejects union privilege In Chadwick v. Duxbury Public Schools , the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has rejected an effort ...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Officer involved shooting - Arbitrator orders "second chance" for dismissed officer

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On March 7, 2013 El Paso police received a call about a domestic disturbance. The individual who was the subject of the call (Daniel S.) w...