– City of Ontario, California v. Quon. This case involved a police officer’s text messages being reviewed by the City. The Court sidestepped the question whether public employees have an expectation of privacy, but in any event unanimously found that the city’s search of a worker’s text messages at issue in the case was reasonable […]
Category: Public Employee
City of Lakeland Unfair to Labor by Not Giving Pay Raise
In Utility Workers Union of America v. City of Lakeland, the Second District Court of Appeal, on June 2, 2010, held that the City of Lakeland engaged in an unfair labor practice by altering the status quo pending collective bargaining.
For twenty years, the City has provided annual across-the-board wage adjustments to its employees. In June […]