First Thursday

A monthly podcast from LRIS that provides in-depth coverage of trends in public sector labor relations.

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First Thursday, March 2020

Posted March 4, 202000:55:14

This month’s cases: * Firefighters, Facial Hair, The ‘Empty Vessel’ Of Light Duty, And The ‘Driving Calculus of Bureaucracy,’ Bey v. City...

First Thursday, February 2020

Posted February 5, 202000:52:23

Developments with the Plain View Project First Lawsuit Against Plain View Project Is Dismissed, Pace v. Baker-White, 2020 WL 134316 (E.D. Pa. 2020)...

Physical Agility Tests

Posted January 15, 202000:53:56

Will interviews Rae Gross and Sarah Kuehnel of the management-side law firm Ogletree Deakins about physical agility tests (PATs). Using a recent blog...

First Thursday, January 2020

Posted January 2, 202000:57:22

Will Aitchison discusses the fallout from a photo of Detroit firefighters posing in front of a burned house and the dangers of social media posting...