Training Conferences – Cline & Associates Attorneys at Law
We generally hold a two-day training conference at least annually. Day One typically covers Contract Negotiations and Collective Bargaining Rights. Day Two typically covers the Rights of you and your members relating to discipline and other employment law issues.
Details on our 2024 conference are below.
You can register for our conference by downloading the attached registration form:
Contract session topics include:
Negotiating a Contract:
Tactics and Techniques
Emerging Trends in Public Safety Labor Contracts:
Navigating through Troubled Waters
The Right to Collective Bargaining:
What is Negotiable and What is a Management Right
Unfair Bargaining Tactics:
What They Are and What You Can Do About Them
Interest Arbitration:
How to Prepare and What to Expect
Interpreting and Administering Your Contract:
Common Problems and Issues
Getting Paid Your Due:
The Hour and Overtime Requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act
Day Two topics typically involve the Rights of you and your members relating to discipline and other employment law issues. Those Rights session topics include:
Discipline Investigations:
Important Predisciplinary Rights of Your Members including Garrity, Weingarten and Loudermill
Just Cause Discipline:
What It Is and How to Enforce Your Members’ Rights to It
Common Types of Discipline Issues Facing Public Safety Labor Organizations
and What to Do About Them
You Have Constitutional Rights, Too:
The Right of Public Safety Employees to Free Speech, Privacy and Other Important Civil Rights
Rights of Officers in Lethal Force Situations:
What Every Law Enforcement Officer Needs to Know
Facing Disabilities:
Identifying and Protecting the Rights of Employees with Medical Limitations
Handling Grievances:
Complying With the Duty of Fair Representation That You Owe Your Members
Being Left Alone When You’re Just Doing Your Job:
The Right of Union Representatives to Be Free From Discrimination and Retaliation