Sick Leave Abuse               The recent economic recession is leading to a familiar scenario: Budget cuts cause an agency to reduce its staffing levels and no new hiring occurs.  The agency resorts to minimum ...

What is the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE)? Attention Nurses, EMTs, Paramedics, LVNs, and all licensed health care providers! You should all be aware of and regularly check the Office of the Investigative ...

One of the most common forms of disciplinary action taken against public safety employees is a reduction in pay for a period of months. Generally this reduction will take the form of a 5 or ...

Response to Adverse Comments in Personnel File Disciplinary action can take many forms when it comes to public safety employees.  Sometimes it is not as heavy as a suspension without pay or a demotion.  Often ...

Many public safety employers have jobs that are “special assignments” and often require additional training or skills from the employee. To “reward” these extra demands, they will generally also be accompanied by a pay incentive ...

Why CAL. BPC. CODE § 2770.12 Should  Scare the Scrubs Off of You As the Panel Attorneys for RN Guardian, we recently discovered what an absolute omniscient hold the BRN’s Diversion Program has over their Nurse Participants, ...