Municipal Employer Must Bargain With Union Over Injured Worker's Termination

New York’s highest court ruled that a public employer is required to engage in collective bargaining over the procedures for terminating municipal employees after they have been absent from work for more than a year due to an injury sustained in the line of duty. Case: Matter of City of Long Beach v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board, No. 70, 10/25/2022, published. Facts: Jay Gusler is a firefighter for the City of Long Beach and a member of the Long Beach Professional Firefighters Association. He sustained injuries in the line of duty in November 2014 that were la...