First Thursday

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First Thursday, June 2022
June 02, 2022

This month's cases: Porta-Potty Retaliation, City of Shelton, 2022 WL 1442880 (CT.Dept.Lab. 2022). [Download the decision.] What Happens When The Employer Fails To Respond To A Grievance? Sun Co

First Thursday, May 2022
May 05, 2022

In this month's podcast: New Jersey Attorney General's cannabis compliance memo Cases covered Buffalo Protest Officers Absolved In Arbitration, City of Buffalo, (Selchick 2022) Federal Cou

First Thursday, April 2022
March 31, 2022

In this month's podcast: Meet John Chrystal. John is the president of the Newark, New Jersey Police Superior Officers Association and has attended LRIS seminars for many years. Hes taken the know

First Thursday, March 2022
March 03, 2022

This month’s cases: Major Cell Phone Decision From Phoenix, Turiano v. City of Phoenix, No. CV-21-01428-PHX-MTL (D. Ariz. Feb. 4, 2022). Arbitrator Upholds Chicago Police Vaccine Mandate, City of Chicago, (George Roumell, Jr. Feb. 23, 2022). ‘Gap Ti

First Thursday, February 2022
February 03, 2022

A brief update on vaccine mandates. Cases: Arbitrator Upholds Lieutenants Termination For January 6 Charges, Bexar County, Texas (Thomas Cipolla, 2021). (Download the arbitrator’s decision.) LAPD Officers Lose Job To Pokemon Go, Lozano v. City of L

First Thursday, January 2022
January 06, 2022

Happy new year! This month’s podcast covers: Mandatory vaccinations programs (again). Courts and arbitrators continue to rule (69-0 by our last count) that there is nothing unconstitutional about employer vaccine mandates. First interest arbitration

First Thursday, December 2021
December 02, 2021

This month’s podcast covers the most recent updates on vaccine mandates as well as the following cases: Due Process And The Brady Rule, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 v. City of Philadelphia, 2

First Thursday, November 2021
November 04, 2021

Are you tired of hearing about vaccination mandates yet? We hope not, because this podcast is all about the legality of mandatory vaccination policies (spoiler alert: they are legal). Will tackles som

First Thursday, October 2021
October 07, 2021

Tracking vaccine mandate litigation (Table) Police union website archive at Cornell Universityhttps://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/09/police-union-websites-preserved-library-archive Cases: Apportioni

First Thursday, September 2021
September 02, 2021

More on mandatory vaccination programs Jacobson v. Massachusetts Bridges v. Houston Methodist Klaasen v. Trustees of Indiana University (7th Circuit opinion) From the EEOC: What You Should Know About