Furloughs: Are they worth it?
To cut personnel costs and avoid layoffs, many employers are considering or have implemented "furloughs" (i.e., reducing normal hours worked without paying employees for such reduction).
Fitzsimmons conducts employee relations seminar
Flaherty & Hood senior attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons conducted a workshop on October 20 for the City of Austin’s supervisors and managers entitled "Handling Personnel Performance and Conduct and Performance Evaluations."
Flaherty & Hood wins bargaining grievance arbitration for city
Flaherty & Hood senior attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons successfully represented the City of Owatonna in a recent disciplinary grievance arbitration before the State of Minnesota, Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS) pursuant to the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA).
Labor and employee relations seminars to address cost-saving measures
With cities examining their budgets line-by-line for efficiencies, the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities’ (CGMC) Labor and Employee Relations Committee will hold seminars May 27 in New Ulm and June 10 in Park Rapids to discuss practical solutions for reducing labor- and employee-related costs.
Health care reform to impact employers
The recently enacted federal health care reform laws will have monetary, labor negotiation, and legal impacts on employers.
Fitzsimmons attends labor and employment law CLE
Senior attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons attended the Public Sector Labor and Employment Law 2010 CLE in February.