A collective bargaining agreement may establish a vested right to a continuation of the same health coverage as a retiree enjoyed by the individual at the time of his or her retirement
A municipality may discontinue a retiree’s health insurance benefit in the absence of a contract or provision of law granting the retirees a vested right to such a benefit
A retiree is not
affected by post-retirement collective bargaining negotiations
concerning health insurance contributions absent specific contract
language to that effect in place at the time of his or her retirement
A school district's active employee and the district’s retired employee must be
provided with identical health insurance benefits
Abolishing
a position for economic reasons
Absent
a statutory or negotiated administrative hearing procedure, an appointing
authority may delegate decision-making authority to the hearing officer
Acquiring
tenure in the position by tenure by "operation of law," sometimes
referred to as tenure by estoppel or tenure by acquiesce
Actions
of an employee prior to his or her promotion may properly form the basis for
terminating the individual prior to the completion of his or her probationary
period
Administrative
due process in disciplinary actions
Administrative
due process must be provided the accused employee in a disciplinary arbitration
proceeding
Administrative
tribunal may not rely on evidence not in the record in arriving at its decision
Admitting
evidence of prior disciplinary action taken against the charged party
Alcoholism
as a defense in a disciplinary action
Amending
disciplinary charges "to conform with the testimony" given by a
witness in the course of the disciplinary hearing
An ambiguity in a
provision in a collective bargaining agreement may sometimes be resolved by
waiving the parol evidence rule
An employer’s unilaterally adopted policy providing health insurance benefits to employees upon retirement may be rescinded with respect to employees retiring after the effective of the rescission
An
unconstitutional diminution of judicial compensation
Anatomy
of an administrative disciplinary decision
Appeals
involving efforts to remove a member of a school board from office
Appeals
to the Commissioner of Education seeking to remove members of a Board of
Education for alleged misconduct or alleged neglect of duty
Appellate Courts
differ regarding the State’s reduction of its employer contribution towards
health insurance premiums for certain State retirees
Applicant
for performance of duty disability retirement benefits must show that his or
her disability was the result of an act of an inmate
Application
for retirement benefits must be timely delivered to and received by the
retirement system to be operative
Application
seeking the removal of an employee of a
Applying
the Pell Doctrine in a disciplinary action
Appointing
authority imposed a more severe penalty than the one recommended by the hearing
officer
Appointing
authority’s neglecting to make a timely designation of an individual to serve
in lieu of the appointing authority in a §75 disciplinary action is a fatal
omission
Arbitrator rules
that qualified retirees and future retirees to have the same health insurance
coverage as the employer's active employees
Arbitrator's award may only be vacated by a court if it violates public policy, is irrational or it exceeds specified limitations on the arbitrator's power
Article
78 petition seeking the review of the disciplinary penalty imposed on an
employee must raise an issue of substantial evidence to warrant Supreme Court’s
transfer of the proceeding to the
Assessing
the appropriate penalty to be imposed for unprofessional and disrespectful
language in the workplace
Assigning
law enforcement personnel to perform light duty while receiving benefits
pursuant to §207-c of the General Municipal Law
Attempting
to avoid disciplinary action
Burden
of proof shifts to the first responder if he or she fails to demonstrate a
causative link between his or her illness and exposure to toxins at the
Burden
of serving a proper "notice to appear" at an administrative hearing
is the responsibility of the charging party
Challenging
a decision to terminate a probationary teacher's employment
Challenging
an employee's termination during his or her disciplinary probation period
Challenging
the termination of a probationary teacher
Civil
Service Law §75 requires that a hearing officer appointed to conduct a
disciplinary hearing be so designated in writing by the appointing authority
Claiming
exempt volunteer firefighter status for the purposes of Civil Service Law
§75.1(b)
Claiming
the affirmative defense of "privilege"
Commissioner
of Education will dismiss an appeal submitted pursuant to Education Law §306,
in whole or part, if there are procedural defects or omissions
Commissioner
of Education will dismiss an application or appeal involving an officer and,
or, a member of the staff of a school district for improper service of the
complaint and, or, lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Common
procedural errors or omissions that will bar the Commissioner of Education's
considering the merits of an appeal
Comptroller
has exclusive authority to determine the validity of a beneficiary designation
on an application for death benefits, which determination must be supported by
substantial evidence
Conducting
disciplinary hearings in absentia
Conducting
student disciplinary proceedings consistent with fundamental notions of due
process is an "unwavering obligation"
Considering
breaks in service in determining seniority for the purposes of layoff and
reinstatement
Considering
the employee's personnel history is setting a disciplinary penalty
Constructive
discharge from the position as the result of unlawful acts of discrimination
Continuation of health insurance benefits upon retirement
Counseling memorandum issued to an employee
Court's
review of an administrative decision made after an adversarial hearing is
limited to considering if the decision is supported by substantial evidence
Credit
the opinion of one medical expert over that of another medical expert when
reviewing an application for disability retirement
Deficiencies
in the performance review process of a probationary teacher that were not
merely technical undermined the integrity and fairness of the process
Delegating
the authority to make a final disciplinary decision and the determination of
the penalty to be imposed to another
Demanding
an employee submit his or her resignation from his or her position
Determining
“continuous residency” for the purpose of qualifying for public office or
employment
Determining
an appropriate disciplinary penalty under the circumstances
Determining
an educator's seniority for the purposes of layoff
Determining an
employee's health insurance benefits upon his or her retirement
Determining
if an administrative agency's decision is arbitrary and capricious
Determining
if an employee is eligible for accidental disability retirement benefits
Determining if an
expired collective bargaining agreement provided certain retirees with vested
health insurance benefits
Determining
if an incident qualifies as an accident for the purposes determining
eligibility for accidental disability retirement benefits
Determining if
benefits set out in a collective bargaining agreement survive the expiration of
the agreement
Determining
seniority and tenure area of teachers in the event of the abolishment of
positions
Determining
seniority for the purpose of layoff and establishing an educator's position on
a "preferred list" for the purpose of reinstatement
Determining
the amount of the General Municipal Law §207-a (2) supplement payable to a
firefighter upon his or her retirement for disability because of a work related
injury or disease
Determining
the appropriate procedure to be followed when filing disciplinary charges
against a police officer of a town
Determining
the disability benefits due a firefighter as the result of a work-related
injury can be complex
Determining
the impact of performing light, limited or restricted duty on applications for
disability retirement benefits
Determining
the status and rights of an employee in the public service terminated from his
or her employment
Difficulties
result following the appointment of a teacher to an “unauthorized tenure area”
Disability not a defense to charges of excessive absence from work
Disciplinary
action follows employee's disrespectful and intimidating behavior towards
superiors
Disciplinary
actions pursuant to Education Law §3020-a processed consistent with compulsory
arbitration standards
Disciplinary
charges must be served on the target of the disciplinary action on or before
the expiration of the period set by the controlling statute of limitations
Disciplinary
hearing officer may not consider disciplinary charges and specifications not
preferred against an employee
Disciplinary
hearing officer permitted to "draw the strongest inferences" from the
record in the event the charged individual declines to testify at his or her
disciplinary hearing
Disciplinary
hearing postponed “without prejudice” pending successful completion of a
probationary period with another agency
Disciplinary
hearings held in absentia
Disciplinary
penalty imposed, termination, held reasonable under the circumstances
Disciplinary
probation
Discrepancy
between the contemporaneous incident reports and the applicant’s testimony at
the subsequent hearing presents a credibility issue to be resolved by the
hearing officer
Dismissing
an employee before he or she has completed his or her probationary period
Distinguishing
between an individual's "domicile" and his or her
"residence"
Doctrine
of Abatement: applied in a criminal action
Doctrine
of Collateral Estoppel bars relitigating an issue raised and decided by a
judicial tribunal in a prior action or proceeding involving the same parties
but does not bar litigating claims involving the same parties that were not
previously considered in prior administrative or judicial actions
Doctrine
of Legislative Equivalency defeats a Mayor’s unilateral decision to abolish a
position in the civil service
Doctrine
of primary jurisdiction
Doctrine
of Sovereign Immunity held to have been waived with respect to litigation
challenging an arbitration award
Does
the public have a right of access to a hearing concerning the removal of a
member of a school board for official misconduct?
Due
process consideration in the event an employee is terminated from his or her
probationary period
Educator
challenges the abolition of positions and the assignment of her former teaching
duties to other teachers
Educator
seeking to overturn an unsatisfactory annual performance rating must meet is
very high standard of proof
Educator
terminated for a continuing pattern of inappropriate behavior involving
students
Educator
terminated for doing exactly what he was permitted and encouraged to do by his
employer
Educator's
unsatisfactory performance rating for the academic year supported by the
"detailed descriptions" of educator's difficulties in the classroom
in the record
Eligibility
for workers’ compensation benefits based on work-related stress
Employee
dismissed pursuant to §75 of the Civil Service Law for incompetency based on
excessive absenteeism
Employee
has the burden of proving alleged misconduct by the arbitrator prejudiced his
or her rights or the integrity of the process
Employee
may be subjected to disciplinary action for misusing his or her sick leave
accruals
Employee
on Workers’ Compensation Leave continues to be subject to his or her employer’s
rules and regulations concerning policies applicable to all its employees
Employee
penalized 60-day suspension without pay after striking a patient and failing to
report the incident
Employee
served with disciplinary charges alleging he was "singing on the job"
Employee
suspended for one year without pay after failing to comply with school
directives
Employee
terminated following the loss of the license required to perform the duties of
the position
Employee’s
adjournment request may be properly counted against the employee for purposes
of determining his or her entitlement to back pay
Employee’s
continuing to accept public assistance benefits after being employed to manage
public assistance benefits held incompatible with such employment
Employee’s
disciplinary history for rudeness and insubordination considered in determining
disciplinary penalty to be imposed
Employee’s
misuse of employer’s email results in dismissal
Employee’s
testimony at the hearing differed from statements he gave during an
investigative raised a question of credibility for the hearing officer to
resolve
Employee’s
use of the employer's electronic equipment - disciplinary action being taken
against an employee
Employee's
resignation after being found guilty of disciplinary charges forfeits his or
her right to demand arbitration
Employer
advanced good faith reasons supporting its decision to terminate a probationary
employee
Employer entitled
to reimbursement of the cost of post-employment health insurance benefits it
erroneously paid on behalf of a former employee
Employer provided retirees with the health benefits to which they were entitled upon retirement under the collective bargaining agreement
Employer’s unilateral discontinuing its past practice of paying the full cost of health insurance for its retirees held a violation of §209-a.1(d) of the Taylor Law
Employer's
payment of employer contributions towards an employee's health insurance
premiums discontinued during the employee's disciplinary suspension without pay
Employer's
personnel policies may be operative with respect to its employees' conduct
while its employees are "off-duty"
Employer's
termination of a biologically male employee transitioning from male to female
held unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex
Employment
history of an employee found guilty of one or more disciplinary charges may be
considered in setting the disciplinary penalty to be imposed
Essentials
of challenging an employee disciplinary action where compulsory arbitration is
involved
Evaluating
claims of mitigating circumstances in considering challenges to the
disciplinary penalty imposed by the appointing authority
Evidence
that the firefighter suffered disease or malfunction of the heart as the result
of his or her duties and activities required to trigger the statutory
presumption set out in the Volunteer
Exceptions
to the Doctrine of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Exceptions
to the general rule that only the union or the employer may demand that an
issue be submitted to arbitration
Factual
findings made in a disciplinary hearing have a collateral estoppel effect where
the individual had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the alleged
misconduct at that hearing
Failing
to designate the individual to conduct a disciplinary hearing pursuant to §75
of the Civil Service Law in writing is a fatal jurisdictional error
Failing
to provide a fair hearing requires the voiding a Civil Service Commission’s
decision sustaining the termination of an employee by the appointing authority
Failure
of the individual to timely execute his or her oath of office upon election to
a public office results in the position becoming vacant by operation of law
Failure
to comply with emergency leave regulations
Failure
to honor a known policy of the employer can constitute disqualifying misconduct
for the purpose eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits
Federal
and State laws, rules and regulations control affecting public sector officers
and employees engage in partisan political activities
Fifth
Amendment's bar against “self-incrimination” does not protect an individual who
lies in the course of an official inquiry
Filing
disciplinary charges against an employee where the absence is due to an injury
or disease
Findings
of fact in support of the appointing authority’s decision to terminate an
employee required to survive the employee’s judicial challenge seeking
reinstatement to his or her former position.
Findings
of fact made by a §75 hearing officer are given collateral estoppel effect in
considering a terminated individual's application for unemployment insurance
benefits
Fire
district or municipal corporation may file an application for disability
retirement on behalf of a firefighter receiving General Municipal Law §207-a.1
benefits
Firefighters'
Benefit Law
Firefighter
Rule bars police officer from suing his or her employer or a coworker for
injuries suffered while on duty
Forfeiture
of employee retirement contributions made to a
Freedom
of speech
General
Municipal Law §207-a(2) salary supplement becomes payable by the employer upon
a firefighters retirement with accidental or line of duty disability benefits
Giving
an employee a negative performance rating because the rater “didn’t have time”
to rate the employee’s performance is irrational, arbitrary and capricious
Guidelines
followed by courts in reviewing a challenge to a disciplinary decision made
after a hearing held pursuant to compulsory arbitration
Health insurance
benefits set out in collective bargaining agreement found to have survived
expiration of agreement and the employee's resignation
Hearing
officer considers failed efforts at “progressive discipline” in setting
disciplinary penalty
Hearing
officer is entitled to weigh the parties' conflicting evidence and to assess
the credibility of witnesses where room for choice exists
Hearsay
may constitute "substantial evidence" supporting the tribunal's
findings in an administrative hearing
Hearsay
testimony may be admitted in evidence in an administrative hearing
History
of misconduct and other factors considered by the hearing officer in
recommending termination of employment
If
an employee engaged in repeated acts constituting disloyalty to the employer,
forfeiture of compensation and benefits is warranted under the Faithless
Servant Doctrine
If
the collective bargaining agreement does not set out procedures for conducting
GML §207-c hearings, the employer is free to establish such a procedure
unilaterally
Implementing an arbitrator's decision after the appointing authority failed to
timely comply with the provisions set out in a collective bargaining agreement
Imposing
a "disciplinary probation period" as part of the penalty or
settlement of a disciplinary action
Imposing
a lesser disciplinary penalty than the one recommended by the disciplinary
hearing officer
Imposing
multiple disciplinary penalties on an employee found guilty of misconduct
Inability
to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position due to an alleged disability
Increasing a
retired employee's contributions for health insurance premiums
Individual
cannot be found guilt of misconduct not charged in the notice of discipline
Individual
has no property interest in his or her former employment once he or she is
discharged
Individual
is disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits if he or she
lost his or her employment as a result of acts constituting a felony
Individual
is not deemed permanently disabled if undergoing a reasonably safe surgical
procedure would permit the individual to perform the duties of his or her
position
Individual
or organization must have “standing” in order to maintain an Article 78 action
challenging an administrative decision
Individual
whose position has been abolished must prove that the appointing authority
abolished the position in bad faith or in an effort to circumvent the Civil
Service Law
Individual
wishing to withdraw or rescind his or her resignation after delivery to the
appointing authority must fully comply with all relevant rules and regulations
Individual's
General Municipal Law §207-c benefits may be discontinued where the decision to
do so is supported by substantial evidence
Individual's
retiring from his or her position to avoid disciplinary action may have
unexpected consequences
Individual's
right to due process is truncated if he or she is persuaded not to attend his
or her administrative hearing
Injuries
sustained by a trainee during a training exercise ruled the result of an
accident for the purposes of claiming eligibility for accidental disability
retirement benefits
Installing Global Positioning System equipment in devices use by employees
during work
Insubordinate
and discourteous conduct
Judicial
review of a determination arrived at following a quasi-judicial hearing is
typically limited to determining if the decision is supported by substantial
evidence
Judicial
review of determinations made after a hearing denying a police officer's
application for General Municipal Law §207-c disability benefits
Lack
of prior misconduct not sufficient to mitigate imposing the penalty of
dismissal given the fraudulent nature of the individual’s misconduct
Lack
of standing and failure to name a necessary party dooms an appeal to the
Commissioner of Education
Layoff
of seasonal employees constituted a termination of employment for the purposes
of Public Authorities Law §2629(2)(a)
Leaving
employment without good cause will disqualify an applicant for unemployment
insurance benefits
Maintaining
a proper chain of custody of evidence to be used in a disciplinary action
Making
false statements concerning the employee's performance of his or her duties
Making
false statements to investigators concerning alleged misconduct
Member
service credit in the New York State Teachers' Retirement System upon the
reemployment of an individual receiving a disability retirement allowance by a
New
Membership
in the NYS Employees’ Retirement System for 10 years is not necessarily the
same as the member having 10 years of member service credit
Minor
gaps and errors in the hearing transcript made at an administrative hearing did
not preclude meaningful review of the hearing
Motions
to have an administrative law judge recuse himself or herself from presiding at
a disciplinary hearing
Name
clearing hearings
Negotiating
disciplinary procedures for City of
Negotiating on
behalf of active employees concerning to benefits available to them following retirement
and negotiating on behalf of retired employees distinguished
OATH
Administrative Law Judge recommended dismissal of disciplinary charges after
finding supervisors’ testimony was unsupported by reliable documentary evidence
OATH
disciplinary hearing held in absentia
Obligation
to arbitrate the matter arising through a statutory mandate set out in
Education Law §3020-a requires that the arbitrator’s determination be subject
to "closer judicial scrutiny."
Opening
a disciplinary hearing to the public and other procedural matters addressed in
an appeal to the Commissioner of Education
Optional
Retirement Plan
Overtime
paid to a police officer on “special-duty” for service performed for a private
entity not included in determining the officer’s “final average salary” for
retirement purposes
Party
seeking to modify an arbitration award must comply with the relevant provisions
of Article 75 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules
Penalty
of dismissal imposed on educator ruled shocking to its sense of fairness
Penalty
of dismissal recommended for an employee found guilty of violating the public
trust and other disciplinary charges
Penalty
of termination to “jolt” the employee to understand of the seriousness of his
misconduct remanded for the imposition of a lesser penalty
Petitioner's
appeal from a Board of Education's seniority determination for the purposes of
layoff dismissed for failure to make "proper service" on all the
parties
Placing
an employee on involuntary leave pursuant to Civil Service Law §72.5
Plausibility
Standard
Police
confrontations with mentally impaired citizens and inmates
Police
detective who did not properly discharge his duties not entitled to a defense
or indemnification by the employer in a lawsuit in which he or she is a
defendant
Police
officer eligible to receive General Municipal Law §207-c benefits may file a
claim against his or her employer pursuant to General Municipal Law §205-e
Police
officer holds a position of great sensitivity and trust and is subject to a
higher standard of fitness and character than "ordinary civil
servants"
Police
officer terminated following being found guilty of downloading and possessing
child pornography
Police
officer's accident disability retirement benefits are to be offset against the
injured retiree's jury award for future lost earnings and pension
Police
offices and firefighters applying for accidental disability retirement benefits
must demonstrate that his or her incapacity was the "natural and proximate
result of an accident" within the meaning of §363[a][1] of the Retirement
and Social Security Law
Presumption
that an accident that occurred in the course of employment arose out of that
employment
Probationary
employee has the burden of showing his or her termination was unlawful
Probationary
employee may not be terminated in bad faith, for a constitutionally
impermissible or an illegal purpose, or in violation of statutory or decisional
law
Probationer
challenging dismissal from the position claims to have suffered extreme
emotional distress
Procedural
errors to avoid in an appeal submitted to the Commissioner of Education
Procedural
misstep in processing an appeal to the Commissioner of Education could result
in a fatal jurisdictional defect
Procedural
requirements with which a resident of a school district must comply when
seeking to remove a school officer from his or her position
Processing
an application for accidental disability retirement
Processing
appeals to the Commissioner of Education seeking the removal of a member of a
Board of Education
Proper
service of the petition and notice of the petition of an appeal to the
Commissioner of Education critical to the Commissioner assuming jurisdiction
Public
employee's misconduct while "off-duty" may result in disciplinary
action being initiated against the employee by his or her appointing authority
Public
officer threatening to do something that he or she may lawfully due does not
constitute coercion
Public
policy prohibits an employer from bargaining away its right to remove employees
meeting the plain and clear statutory requisites for termination
Public
policy prohibits an employer from bargaining away its right to remove those
employees satisfying the plain and clear statutory requisites for termination
Redacting
the name of a party in an administrative disciplinary action from the decision
Reducing health
insurance prescription co-pay benefits for an employer’s retirees to the same
level as the employer’s active employees' prescription co-pay benefit
Reducing or
discontinuing a NYSHIP participating employer's contributions towards a retired
employee's health insurance premium
Refusing
to accept the resignation submitted by an employee
Reimbursement of
Medicare premiums paid by retirees participating in their former employer’s
health insurance plan
Reimbursement of retiree Medicare premiums found to be a form of deferred compensation may not be unilaterally discontinued by the employer
Rejection
of a hearing officer's finding of fact and determination by the appointing
authority
Removing
a judge from his or her office
Removing
a school official for an alleged unauthorized disclosure of confidential
information
Removing
a town, village, improvement district or fire district officer, other than a
justice of the peace, from his or her office
Removing
a volunteer firefighter from his or her position
Requiring
a firefighter injured in the line of duty to accept a "light duty"
assignment and where appropriate to undergo surgery
Requiring
an educator submit to a medical examination to determine his or her ability to
perform the duties of his or her position
Requiring
employees to submit to a “dog-sniffing test” for illegal drugs
Restoration
of leave credits used by employees electing to remain on the payroll while on
Workers’ Compensation Leave pursuant to Civil Service Law §71
Retirees had vested
health insurance rights that could not be abrogated by successor collective
bargaining agreement
Right
to a disciplinary hearing survives the individual’s resignation or retirement
from the position
Right
to administrative due process not compromised by a three-year delay in
conducting a disciplinary hearing and, or, other alleged procedural errors
Rule
of three
Running
for public office
Salary
reduction upon reassignment to another position in the course of an agency
reorganization is not a disciplinary action requiring notice and hearing
School
Board asks the Commissioner of Education to remove the president of the school
board from the position
School
board member who acts on the advice of counsel will not be found to have
engaged in a willful violation or neglect of duty
School
board seeks to remove a sitting member from the board for alleged
"official misconduct"
School district
must offer its Medicare-eligible retirees the same health insurance benefits
the district offers to its active employees
School
district’s decision to abolish a position and have a BOCES assume performing
the duties of the abolished position constitutes a “transfer of a function”
within the meaning of Civil Service Law §70(2)
School
employee who elected to submit an issue for resolution through a contractual
grievance procedure may not appeal the same issue to the Commissioner of
Education pursuant to Education Law §310
Seniority
for the purposes of layoff and reinstatement from a preferred list set out in
"settlement agreement"
Sick
leave
Sleeping
on duty
Social
Security Administration’s disability determination not binding on a public
retirement system of this State.
Spoliation
of evidence
Statutory
rights of employees of the State and political subdivisions of the State absent
from work as the result of a work-related injury or disease
Stipulation
of settlement cannot withdrawn from the stipulation on the basis that it had
"improvidently" agreed to it
Stipulation
waiving rights to a disciplinary hearing and agreement to resign from the
position may not disqualify the individual for Unemployment Insurance benefits
Summarily
removing public officers and employees from their positions
Summarily
terminating a federal officer holding a term appointment from his or her
position
Supreme
Court correctly applied the Doctrine of Collateral Estoppel based on the
hearing officer's determinations as to the reasons for the employee's
termination
Suspension
of a tenured teacher requires the board of education to serve written
disciplinary charges against the teacher within a reasonable amount of time
Suspension
of a tenured teacher requires the timely filing of written charges and
specifications with the clerk or secretary of the board of education
Teacher
fined $10,000 after subjecting student to corporal punishment
Teachers who
retired while an expired CBA continued in force under the Triboro Doctrine
contend that the expired CBA controls with respect to their health insurance
benefits
Tenure
area determinations upon the abolishment of a position or positions
Tenure
by estoppel
Tenured
employee who resigns from his or her position and is subsequently reemployed by
his or her former employer in the same title is not automatically entitled to
tenure in the new position
Tenured
teacher unwilling to improve her pedagogical skills despite being provided with
substantial assistance terminated from her position
Terminated
after a disciplinary hearing, employee’s Article 78 petition dismissed because
he failed to file timely Education Law §3813(1) notice of claim
Terminated
educator alleges that her employer breached the employment agreement and
negligently terminated her
Terminated
probationary employee has the burden of demonstrating an improper basis for his
or her termination
Terminating
a "long-time" provisional employee
Terminating
a teacher during his or her probationary period
Termination
of a police officer on General Municipal Law §207-c leave under color of Civil
Service Law §71
Termination
of a public officer from his or her position by operation of law
Termination
of employee found guilty violating patient escort procedures, being late for
work, falsifying timesheets, and failing to arrive on time for assignments
Termination
of employment following extended absence without approval
Termination
of the employee following unsuccessful progressive disciplinary efforts did not
shock the court’s "sense of fairness”
Test
applied to determine if an individual is eligible for accidental disability
retirement is whether he or she is permanently unable to perform the full
duties of the position
The State’s
reduction of its employer contribution for health insurance premiums
Town may
discontinue health insurance coverage under certain circumstances
Unemployment
Insurance Appeal Board may reject an application for unemployment insurance
benefits based on its finding the Claimant's employment was terminated due to
disqualifying misconduct
Unemployment
insurance benefit denied where off-duty misconduct found to breach the
standards of behavior expected of an employee in consideration of his or her
duties
Unless
it is shown that a performance evaluation was arbitrary and capricious, or made
in bad faith, the court will not substitute its judgment for that of the
appointing authority
Unless the
collective bargaining agreement specifically so provides, the contract
grievance procedure set out in the agreement is not available to a retiree
Unsatisfactory
rating voided because employee's "performance review" failed to
comply with the employer's own procedures and thus undermined the integrity of
the process
Use
of excessive and inappropriate force on juvenile residents at a facility
Use
of video surveillance recording in disciplinary actions
Withdrawing
a letter of resignation
Withdrawing
a resignation delivered to an appointing authority