Tag Archives: sick leave abuse

Was it sick leave abuse or Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) discrimination that blocked a firefighter’s promotion last year? That is the question that is now before a Federal District Court in Massachusetts. Watertown firefighter Scott Carton claims he was ...

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A Waterbury, Connecticut firefighter is under investigation for sick leave abuse after it was discovered he used a combination of vacation time, sick time and substitutions to attend nursing school in Puerto Rico. It is alleged that Edgardo Gonzalez went ...

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A Clark County, Nevada firefighter who was terminated last year for abusing his sick leave, has filed a Federal lawsuit against the county alleging Family Medical Leave Act violations, defamation, invasion of privacy and due process violations. Donald Munn was ...

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The city of Cleveland has hired former Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Bakeman to head up the investigation into the Cleveland Fire Department’s overtime scandal. Bakeman’s appointment was announced earlier this week as the department struggles to address allegations that some ...

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Another fire service case is headed to the US Supreme Court, this one involving a California attorney hired to investigate sick leave in the Rialto Fire Department. Firefighter Nicholas B. Delia was off-injured and department administrators were suspicious given the ...

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Clark County firefighters have been under investigation by the FBI for having conspired to use sick time for their convenience, drastically increasing overtime payments in 2009. In the latest round of news, Battalion Chief Renee Dillingham, a 24-year veteran and ...

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