Firefighters

Legislature Relaxes No Smoking Law For Firefighters and Police Officers

It was a windfall for Police Officers and Firefighters in the most recent session of the State Legislature and it came at the expense of Employers and consistency in the law. In our September Advisor, we told you about the law taking effect October 22 under which a Firefighter will get the benefit of the [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2018-10-29T13:58:52-04:00October 5th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Employment|Tags: Firefighters, legislature, Smoking|

Fuzzy Math Made Easy

A Firefighters union proposes a new benefit, night differential, at 2% the first year, then 3% the second year, and 4% the third year of a 3-year contract (the “differential” is to be paid for all hours, daytime too). When the case heads to arbitration, the Union submits a proposal for a 9% night differential [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2018-08-05T16:33:50-04:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Employment|Tags: Arbitration, Bargaining, Benefits, Contract, Firefighters, JLMC, regressive bargaining, Union|