public employment

Alaska Employment Law Section: Are Alaska Department Heads Really At-Will Employees?

Will Schendel
November 07, 2008 18:41

Are there are any limits on an Alaskan Governor’s right to fire a Commissioner of one of the executive departments?  The Employment Law Section of the Alaska Bar Association discussed this issue on Wednesday, November 5th. Article 3, § 25 of the Alaska Constitution (”Department Heads”) p...

Welcome New York Post readers

November 03, 2008 17:26

I’m quoted in a sidebar about colorful or long-shot employment litigation, and mention the Rachael Ray anorexic employee suit and the Milwaukee cop who got disability for the stress of being fired over roughing up a suspect. On the latter case, by the way, I’m not sure how I wound up...

October 21 roundup

October 21, 2008 04:55

Hey, that Jon Bon Jovi baseball anthem sounds familiar, make the check out for $400 billion please [Boston Herald] Cyrus Sanai, known for dogged campaign against Judge Kozinski, is back with a new 80-page complaint which also names “10 other district court and 9th Circuit judges who have been...

Termination Based on Online Misconduct Firing Upheld

Eric Welter
October 17, 2008 18:19

Although the case arises in the public employee/First Amendment context, the Connecticut Employment Law Blog has a post today here on a decision by the U.S. District Court in Connecticut finding against a teacher fired based on inappropriate conduct on his MySpace page.  The MySpace page drew ...

After Setting Fires, Firefighter Wants Job Back

August 27, 2008 04:04

In 1997, Erie, Pa. hired its first female firefighter. Nearly a decade later, she was quietly fired after setting fire to her father’s house as part of a suicide attempt.  In fact, the Erie Civil Service Commission wrote at the time that: “Her setting a fire … is the single most ...