New York Public Personnel Law

Recent Posts from New York Public Personnel Law

• Recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages for purposes of public employee health insurance coverage and other benefits ruled lawful

• Proof of a direct causal relationship between job duties and the resulting disability is sufficient to support awarding GML §207-a disability benefits

• School board’s statutory responsibility to call a special meeting of the district key to deciding an appeal seeking school superintendent's removal

• Zone Sergeant's violation of a Division of State Police regulation and bringing discredit upon the Division justifies her demotion to Sergeant

• Statute of limitations for filing the violation of its duty of fair representation charge commences on the day member complained to union

• Proof of mandatory membership required to effect a "tier" change

• Employee's promotion as an asset in divorce proceedings

• Processing PERB appeals

• School district not required to provide for defense, nor provide for indemnification, in lawsuit it brought against former school board member

• Employer’s denial of GLM §207-a(2) supplement to firefighters accidental retirement allowance based on unsworn statements held arbitrary