Showing posts with label Firefighters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Firefighters. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

CalPERS Changes Eligibility Rules for Industrial Disability Retirement

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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) posted   Circular Letter 200-018-17   on March 30, 2017. Among other things, t...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

California Supreme Court Grants Review of CAL FIRE Airtime Credit Case

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On April 12, 2017, the California Supreme Court granted CAL FIRE Local 2881's petition for review of the First District Court of Appeal...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

First Appellate District Challenges Vested Rights Doctrine in Upholding Elimination of Airtime Credit

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In Cal Fire Local 2881 v. California Public Employees’ Retirement System , the Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal upheld ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

California Supreme Court Finds Limited Exception to Employees' Access to Supervisor Notes Under FFBOR

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On August 24, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued a decision in Poole v. Orange County Fire Authority . The Court held Government Code...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Court of Appeal Gives Retroactive Effect to Firefighter Injury Presumption

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The California Court of Appeal ruled statutory changes to workers' compensation injury presumptions apply to cases pending prior to the...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Mastagni Holstedt Attorney Jeff Edwards, Local 522 District Director Steve Loza Interviewed About Union Logo Win

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On January 6, 2015, the Labor Relations Information System posted a podcast interview about the  Sacramento Area Fire Fighters, IAFF Local...
Monday, October 20, 2014

PERB Vindicates Right of Public Safety Professionals to Wear Union Insignia on Duty

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In a decisive win for labor, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) overturned an administrative law judge and held firefighters at ...
Monday, July 21, 2014

PERB: "Economic Exigency" Not Enough to Declare Impasse

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In Selma Firefighters Association, IAFF, Local 3716 v. City of Selma , the Public Employment Relations Board ("PERB") took a hard ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Ninth Circuit Rules Fire Department Dispatchers and Aeromedical Technicians Are Entitled to Standard Overtime Pay Under FLSA

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On March 18, 2014, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Haro v. City of Los Angeles . The Ninth Circuit found standard overtime rules und...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

British Firefighters Poised to Strike Over Retirement Age Increase

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Firefighters in England and Wales announced today they plan a 4-hour strike to protest a proposal to raise their retirement age to 60 becau...
Monday, August 26, 2013

AB 11 Increases Protections for Volunteer Firefighters. Reserve Peace Officers

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Current state law requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 14 days of temporary leave for volunteer firefighters for f...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

PERB Charges San Jose With Labor Law Violations Over Pension Initiative

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On March 8, 2013, the Public Employment Relations Board issued a complaint against the City of San Jose related to Measure B , that City...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Court of Appeal: Firefighter's Standby Pay Not Pensionable

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In City of Pleasanton v. CalPERS (Nov. 29, 2012) 2012 WL 5984074, the Court of Appeal ruled "Standby Pay" does not count toward p...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Stockton Voters Throw Mayor Out of Office in Landslide, Elect Pro-Public Safety Candidate

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After years of cuts to police and rising crime , Stockton voters held the politicians accountable Tuesday.  Stockton voters overwhelmingly r...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Michigan Voters Considering Constitutional Right to Collective Bargaining

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After a string of stinging defeats at the ballot box , labor leaders in Michigan are trying to turn the tide by establishing a state constit...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

California Democratic Party Joins Police and Fire Unions to Oppose Prop 32

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The Sacramento Bee reports that the California Democratic Party has voted to officially oppose Proposition 32 , which would restrict union...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Tom Sullivan Interviews David P. Mastagni on Why Cities Scapegoat Cops and Firefighters

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Mastagni Law partner David P. Mastagni recently appeared on the Fox's Tom Sullivan Show to explain why California cities, including...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Lawsuits Filed to Stop Attacks on Retirement Security

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Legal challenges are already underway to local pension initiatives passed by voters Tuesday in San Diego and San Jose.  The initiatives, bot...
Monday, January 30, 2012

PERB: Fire Chief Violated MMBA By Eliminating Union Time Bank

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In Stanislaus Consolidated Firefighters (January 20, 2012) PERB Dec. No. 2231-M, PERB found a Fire Chief violated several sections of the M...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Court of Appeal Vindicates Firefighter's Workers' Comp Rights

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Where does the personal end and the legally compensable begin? In Richard Warner v. W.C.A.B. et al. , California’s Second Appellate District...