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April 20, 2012

The five most visited NYPPL posts during the week of April 13 through April 20, 2012 Click on title to access item.


The five most visited NYPPL posts during the week of April 13 through April 20, 2012
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1. Individuals employed by a government agency for a particular assignment may be eligible for the same qualified immunity enjoyed by individuals on the staff of the agency 

2. A member of a board testifying at a Civil Service Law §75 disciplinary hearing should recuse himself or herself from considering and acting on the findings and recommendations of the hearing officer

3. If the CBA provides for the arbitration of alleged contract violations, unless there is a statutory, constitutional or public policy prohibition barring such arbitration courts cannot stay the arbitration

4. Some procedural defects that bar the vacating of the arbitrator’s award

5. Former employee’s law suit alleging statements in the minutes of a board meeting were defamatory dismissed
http://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/2012/04/former-employees-law-suit-alleging.html

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