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Const. Nicole Chan took her own life in 2019, amid an investigation into complaints she had made about sexual harassment and inappropriate relationships with two senior officers. ....
Const. Nicole Chan took her own life in 2019, amid an investigation into complaints she had made about sexual harassment and inappropriate relationships with two senior officers. ....
ADVERTISEMENT Texas Court Rejects Challenge To Firefighter Bargaining Law Law360 (May 7, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT) A Texas law governing how cities negotiate with firefighter and police unions does not violate the state constitution by giving legislative power to judges, a Texas appellate court ruled, rejecting the city of Houston s arguments in an appeal related to a bargaining dispute. In a decision issued Thursday, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that denied Houston s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association accusing the city of violating state law with its wage proposals. Houston argued that provisions of the Fire and Police Employee Relations Act allowing courts to impose. ....
HOUSTON – An appellate court affirmed today a ruling denying the city of Houston immunity in litigation brought by firefighters after the parties failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement. The case between the city and Houston Professional Firefighters Association, Local 341 goes all the way back 2017. After bargaining for 60 days, the parties failed to reach an agreement. The association sued alleging the city failed to provide firefighters with equal compensation compared to private sector employment. Court records show that the city filed a permissive appeal over the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction based on governmental immunity, as well as the city’s motion for summary judgment based on the unconstitutionality of Texas Local Government Code, section 174.252 (The Fire and Police Employee Relations Act). ....