The State Personnel Board (SPB) is a government agency established by the state constitution. The SPB oversees the recruitment and selection of over 200,000 state employees; including: law enforcement, educators, emergency services, and others. The ...
Insubordination California Labor Law Most people would agree that any form of law enforcement is considered a para-military organization. This includes all aspects of custody and control whether it be at the county jail or ...
Recently Goyette & Associates represented a registered nurse who is a member of the California Correctional Supervisors Association and is employed by the Department of Mental Health. She received a Letter of Reprimand because she ...
For nearly a year the California State Personnel Board (SPB) has been conducting an intensive overhaul of the format of the disciplinary appeals process. Those efforts finally came to fruition and were implemented in September ...
"How do you feel it went?" That was the question attorney Dan Thompson was asked by his client, then former Correctional Sgt. Jeffery Harris, as they left a grueling and emotional 4 day hearing before ...
Goyette and Associates has defeated the Department of Corrections’ attempt to impose discipline on a Correctional Lieutenant employed at Pelican Bay, for innocent conduct that occurred in 2005. The Department of Corrections attempted to institute ...
On November 10, 2009 an employee at the High Desert State Prison received some of the worst news anyone in today’s economy can receive; she was terminated effective immediately. She contacted Goyette and Associates to ...