In a very satisfying ruling by the State Personnel Board, G&A Senior Labor and Employment Law attorney Richard P. Fisher was able to help keep alive our client’s dream of becoming a peace officer. As ...
By: NEWS10 ABC Sacramento 12:42 a.m. PDT August 11, 2015 Video at the link: https://www.news10.net/story/news/local/california/2015/08/11/families-sue-cal-fire--death-benefits/31448457/ Pilots take to the air and provide aerial support for raging wildfires, putting their lives on the line every time they go ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2015 CONTACT: Paul Q. Goyette, President and CEO, Goyette & Associates, Inc. (916) 851-1900 [email protected] CAL FIRE EXECS HIDE MANDATORY SURVIVORS BENEFIT FROM 14 FIREFIGHTER PILOT’S FAMILIES Sacramento, CA – For ...
Nationwide there is a growing movement in open labor negotiations to the public so they can observe and see exactly how the local Government entity is spending the local tax payer dollar. While this may ...
As an employer, it is important to pay overtime to your eligible employees at the correct rate and at the proper time when overtime hours are worked in order to reduce your liabilities and avoid ...
The US Supreme Court recently made a decision that may have a significant impact on the obligation of employers to pay retirement health care benefits under collective bargaining agreements. While underfunded public employee pensions capture most of ...
California Medical Facility (CMF), Correctional Business Manager, Collette Preszler-Riley was found not guilty of all felony workers' Compensation fraud charges by a Solano County Jury on January 21st, 2015. Ms. Preszler-Riley’s lead trial counsel was ...
As a follow up to the post on our Blog in early October, which described the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral argument on a case involving whether the employer had to pay employees for post-shift ...
A very informative article recently published in the New York Times and summarizing the variety of issues surrounding the decline in the number of ‘volunteer firefighters’ can be accessed HERE. One critical issue is only ...
After several days of arbitration, David J. Garcia of Goyette & Associates was successful in obtaining an order that overturned the termination of Yuba County Correctional Officer Elijah Etchegoin. This matter began when ...