Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with the Treasurer for the State of New Jersey, David Rousseau, the Director for the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations and Union officials that I represent. The purposes of the meeting was to listen to the Treasurer’s doom and gloom speech regarding the State budget, how
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Police Officer’s Testimony is Protected Speech
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Public Employee Discipline
In the case Reilly v. City of Atlantic City, 06-2591, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a police officer’s testimony in a police corruption case is protected speech and his superiors are not entitled to qualified immunity regarding his retaliation claim.
Appellee, Robert Reilly, a former Atlantic …
Constitutionality of Paid Convention Leave Statutes Challenged
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Contract Interpretation, Contract Negotiations
On September 11, 2008, the New Jersey Law Enforcement Supervisors Association (“NJLESA”) and New Jersey Law Enforcement Commanding Officers Association (“NJLECOA”), jointly filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County against the State of New Jersey challenging the viability of N.J.S.A. 11A:6-10 and N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.13, the provisions of New…