Labor Costing Strategies You Need To Embrace In 2022
Last month, Partner Dania Torres Wong appeared in a webinar hosted by GovInvest. It focused on what’s new in 2022 for developing costing strategies that respond to the emerging issues regarding labor and employment negotiations. Those issues include the rapidly rising U.S. labor costs, the…
The Day After
The past year has demonstrated that public employers need to be prepared for bargaining and factfinding while dealing with outside shocks like natural disasters, demonstrations, or a global pandemic. Partner Charles Sakai was joined by City of Oakland Human Resources Director Ian Appleyard and Allyson…
DOL’s New “Final Rule”
If you, like many public sector employers, are in the dark about the FLSA’s byzantine protocols when deciding which payments you must include when calculating employees’ regular rate of pay for overtime purposes, then this video is for you! Partners Jeff Sloan and Steve Shaw…
Social Media Usage: How to Deal with Problematic Behavior of Employees Online Without Violating Their Rights
What happens when a public employee goes on Facebook and posts a blistering critique of their coworker? What about if that coworker is their supervisor? Or a mayor or councilperson? If you have ever been faced with these challenges before, then this 2020 CALPELRA* conference…
Newest Developments in Workplace Drug and Alcohol Laws
Revisiting an issue area that they have become experts in, Partners Burke Dunphy and Steve Shaw provide insight on the constantly evolving challenge of workplace drug and alcohol policy and law. In this CALPELRA* session video, you’ll learn about recent developments that will help you…
Your Agency’s Culture: Are You Managing And Determining It, Or Is Someone Determining It For You?
Managing Consultant Bob Deis does a deep dive on agency culture in this punchy CALPELRA* Sparks Session! There is increasing awareness of and attention to organizational cultures and how those cultures impact an agency’s performance. Bob has real examples of unhealthy cultures and their negative…
Pre-Disciplinary Process: Basics For Skelly
In their command performance recorded for the 2020 CalPELRA* conference, Jeff Sloan and plaintiffs’ lawyer extraordinaire Alison Berry Wilkinson engaged in a fast-paced, fun, and (relatively) collegial back-and-forth covering all the steps of the Skelly process that permanent public employees are entitled to before the…
Death By A Thousand Meetings: Bankruptcy, Chapter 9, And Vested Rights In The Age Of COVID-19
This innovative session from the 2020 CALPELRA* conference walks you through the technical aspects of the bankruptcy and fiscal emergency processes as well as other insolvencies, including recent pension litigation. You’ll learn about the limitations of the process and how bankruptcy, or the threat of…
Webinar: Janus and Next Steps for Public Employers
https://vimeo.com/588499225 On July 5, Jeffrey Sloan and Mark Gregersen presented a comprehensive seminar on the Janus decision and what employees can expect to happen next. For those of you who were unable to attend the presentation, we are posting the full video. (Please note that…